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qu'il  lui  a  6t6  possible  d^  se  procurer.  Les  details 
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to  tha  ganarosity  of: 

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Tha  imagas  appearing  hara  ara  tha  bast  quality 
possibia  considaring  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacifications. 


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beginning  with  the  front  cover  and  end.ng  on 
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sion, or  the  back  cover  when  appropriate.  All 
other  original  copies  are  filmed  beginning  on  the 
first  page  with  a  printed  or  illustrated  impres- 
sion, and  ending  on  the  last  page  with  a  printed 
or  illustrated  impression. 


The  last  recorded  frame  on  each  microfiche 
shall  contain  the  symbol  — ^  (meaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  the  symbol  V  (meaning  "END"), 
whichever  applies. 

Meps,  plates,  charts,  etc.,  may  be  filmed  at 
different  reduction  ratios.  Those  too  large  to  be 
entirely  included  in  one  exposure  are  filmed 
beginning  in  the  upper  left  hand  corner,  left  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  frames  as 
required.  The  following  diagrams  illustrate  the 
method: 


L'exemplaira  film*  fut  reprodult  grAce  A  le 
gAnArositA  de: 

Library  Division 

Provincial  Archives  of  British  Columbia 

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plus  grand  soin,  compta  tenu  de  la  condition  at 
da  la  nettetA  de  I'exemplelre  filmA,  et  en 
conformity  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  de 
filmage. 

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papier  est  imprimAe  sont  filmAs  en  commen^ant 
pfir  la  premier  plat  et  en  terminant  soit  par  la 
derniAre  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  le  second 
plat,  selon  le  cas.  Tous  les  autres  exemplairas 
originaux  sont  filmAs  en  commenpant  par  la 
premiere  page  qui  comporte  une  empreinte 
d'impression  ou  d'illustration  et  en  terminant  par 
la  derniAre  page  qui  comporte  une  telle 
empreinte. 

Un  des  symboles  suivants  apparaltra  sur  la 
darniire  image  de  cheque  microfiche,  selon  le 
cas:  le  symbols  — »-  signifie  "A  SUIVRE  ",  le 
symbols  V  signifie  "FIN". 

Les  cartes,  planches,  tableaux,  etc.,  peuvent  dtre 
filmAs  A  des  taux  de  reduction  diffArents. 
Lorsque  le  document  est  trop  grand  pour  Atre 
reproduit  en  un  seul  clichA,  il  est  filmA  A  partir 
da  Tangle  supArieur  gauche,  de  gauche  A  droits, 
et  de  haut  en  bas,  en  prenant  le  nombre 
d'images  nAcessaire.  Les  diagrammes  suivants 
illustrent  la  mAthode. 


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Compendious  Trcatife  of  the  Empires, 
Kingdom^  Stares,  Provinces,  Countries,  Iilmds, 
Citjes  and  Towqs  of  Europe,  Afia^  Afnca  and  Ame- 
ricihjn  their  SGiruacion,  Produ'fl,  Manufadiure?, 
and/Conimoditifs^  Geogc^phic^and  Hi/lorical. 

f^'      i'  !■  J'       ^'        -^         --t      t  '"i  A     H       ^  J^^ 

W^  T  T  mT  *      ^'^^ 

An  Acconnt  of  the  Ndtures  of  the  Peo- 
ple,  in  their   Habits,  Cuftomes,  Warrs,    Rcli' 
.   gions  and  Policies,  ifyc» 


A  S    A  L  S  O 

Of  the  Rarities^  Wonders  ?.nd  CunolV 
ties,  of  Fitlie?,  Beafls,  Birds,  Rivers,  Moun- 
tains, Plants,  (t^rc.  With  feveral  Remarkable 
Revolutions,  and  Delightful  Hi/lories, 

Faithfully  CoiUtied  from  the  beji  Authors^ 
■'-    By  S. Clark. 


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WHEN  the grest ani w^fi Cna- 
tinr  af  the  Univerfe  thought  iti 
in  Ettmd  Wifiom  convenient 
t$  build  the  Manfion,  all  Creatures  now  inr- 
hahitedy   he  left  nothing  undone  that  wight 
eontrikute  to  the  Glory  and'  Magn^cence  of 
fo  great  a  work;  and  lefi  Mankind,    the 
tofof  the  Creation,  fiiould  grow  fufiney  and 
negieit  the  filUng  orr  feofimg  efvery  fart  of  fo 
admirable  a  Frame,   he  even  compiled  them 
to  do  it  hy  cidoimding  their  Ijmguage  at 
TkhtX,  and  thereby  obliging  them  as  thfy 
mukiflied^  to  flatter  over  thi  Face  of  the 


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Enrth\'  that  none  of  hJs  ij>c0iftiis  'works 

might  reftjaifi  obfcufe  or  unokfirve^  to  thofe 
fcr  whoje  ufe  and  fhafure  fk'cy  ivere  mad^  j 
by  "ivhich  means  tbe  pecvle  in  fundry  Tribet, 
wandering  from  place  to  ^lace^  iiicroaching 
by  degrees^  as  men  began  tQ  multiply^  flamed 
themjdves  in  the  mcji  advantagicus  Cctm- 
tries ^  evefypn^/lriii^i^^fyr  ^/je.^^jJ^:iowe' 
"ver^  through  Wars^  C^^Bnck^  k'hJati0s ^ 
end  ether  jtrange  Re'volut  ions'' ana  '^dcidehts^ 
it  is  faft  all  perad^venture-i   that  the  bad  as 
well  as  the  good  found  poJJ'eJ/brSy  as  at  this 
day.     Though^  Reader^   I  Jljall  net  trouble 
you  in  this  fl^ce^  p^i^^  entring  u^m  the  origin 
nal    VeofUvg  of  Kingdoms  and  Countries] 
t^s  to  particulars*^  but  let  yeu  know  that  my 
care  has  been  to  frefentyou  v^ith  Geographical 
and  Hiftcf.cal  De fori  ft  ion  of  the  WorTd^as  it 
'-  formerly  ftood^    and  at  prefent  ftands  :  and 
though  upon  firfi  thought  ft  may  jeem  ftrange^ 
that  in  jo  fmall  a  Volume  fo  large  a  me  can 
he  contained^  yet  upon  pirufal  ycu  will  find 
that  nothing   material  is  emitted^    that  can 
ic  recjuired  to  render  fatisfaBkn  upon  this 
"''  Cccaficn  linfomuoh^  that  by  well  confdering 
this  Wcrk^a  mcanCapacity  may juddtnly  know 
'how  the  Wcrlds  mighty  Fabrickis  diffoftd^ 
and  join  become  acquainted  with  every  Coun- 
try under  Heaven ^    enough  to-  rendir  him 


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r^fahk     not     only    of:     antt^plating    'the 

Goodncfs  of  the  Almighty,  in  his  VV^crks  end 

Xlreaturesy  hut  rtddily  Difccurfing,  even  with 

th,e  mofi  knovjing  TravdUrs^  ^nd  withcut  hi:* 

$,arding  the  danger  of  treachtritss  SeasJVinds , 

Jobbers j^    and  a  World  of   Inccnveniencies 

yhat  attend    an    exfcfiflve  feanh  into  tbefe 

\idffairs  ^  fecurely  Travel  in  Imagination  frcm 

^ole  t0  Vole,     For  to  be  brief,   there  is  no 

"^JK-iftgdcm^  Province  J    ci'  Eflate,  that  is  wit^ 

tingly  left  cut   of  this  Hificry  or  Treatife** 

:Snd  as  to  ovhat  is  mo  ft  material,   the  Ac- 

'kountis  ccnfiderahly  large ;     ^hcrefcre  rtcomf^* 

'wending  it  to  the  benefit  of  my  Country  Men ^ 

B  remain  Reader        -    ■•-...*.  .  .-:..*;,>   ff\,ay^^ 

Jaipur  FrienJ  to  fcrvc,;:,^;,  ^,4^:^ 


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EVKOFE  is  the  lead  of  the  Four  pares  of  the 
World,  yet  nothing  inferiour  in  Goodnefs  co 
the  refl,  in  the  Generofity  of  Pcx>ple,  Riches, 
Worth  and  Vertue,  and  exceeding  tnem,  if  we 
confRler  the  Flourifliing  of  the  Tme  Religion  y  and 
is  Csad  to  take  its  Name  from  Emvpa  the  Daughter  of 
Jien(»r  King  of  Phcenicia  ^  containing  many  Flourifh* 
^i  Kingdoms  and  Provinces^  as  will  appear  in  the 
fequel.  And  is  accounted  in  length  a8oo  miles  j 
In  breadth  1200  ;  bounded  on  the  Weil,  with  the 
main  Ocean;  on  the  Eafl,  with  the  ^etin  Scsl^ 
PontHi  EuxinWf  the  Fenns  of  Mdot'Uy  and  the  Ri- 
ver Tanak'y  from  which  a  right  Line  conicfturally 
drawn  from  the  Bay  of  GranvjcWj  it  is  di(^)oined 
from  Ajia ;  In  the  North,  it  is  bounded  with  the  Hy» 
ifirh»um  Sea;  and  on  the  Se  ith,  with  the Medittr- 
raneariy  divided  into  Continent,  and  Iflands,  the 
Continent  Intire,  and  the  Idands  difperfed.  In  the 
Greeley  Jman^  j^iean,  Adriatkl^^  MecTtterraneapy 
Cretan^  and  Northern  Seas;  divided  chiefly  into 
ce,  Spaifiy  Italy y  the  Atps^  Germany^  Britain^ 
.  Jufity  DermiMrld  S^iddand^  Hungaryy  Selavma, 
Rupay  Poland^  Dada^  znd  Greece^  with  the difper- 
fedlflands*  And'in  Europe^  befide  the  Latin  Tongue, 
which  is  now  rather  ScholaAical,  than  National, 
there  are  other  diver  fities  of  Language,  befidesthe 
Italian  and  French^  fuppofed  to  be  corruptly  deri- 
ved from  the  Latin  ;  ana  has  been  Famous  by  twice 
giving  Laws  to  the  World,  during  the  fk>uri(hing 
of  the  Greeks  and  Roman  Empires;  and  it  this  diy, 
thouglt  the  lead  of  the  four  parts,  it  excels,  in  what 
may  be  called  foUd  good,  the  other  Three,  (^c. 

A  Dfteen/he  ReigtiSy  upheld  by  firiHeft  Fate, 
Whilfl  th'other  Threes  on  her  at  Hand-Maids  waif, 
WUb  Tribute  Ghries^JQ  enrich  her  Stste, 


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>y  twice  I     "  ties    Towns    t^i-c 

wrmnng  1  ^  " ' /    . ;     ,  .•.  «  :    ...       * 

hisdtfy  .C'^'^*^  -^;  ,v-;r,-^:-v>^.ng>..^...  ^-,  .  ,..  ■,  .,,■ ,,      -  .^.^^^ 

in  what  ii^    .■  ""  "*■  ^  ^  Flourifhing  Kingdom  of  Fr^m:e,1^<;}pg 

wu.^^  fl        the  nearcft  part  of   the   Continencuon 

*  •     Jm        ^^^i^^  w^  border  5    I  have  thought,  tot 

"^        the  obferving  the  mofl  regular  method^ 

.  .  «to  begin  this  Hiflory  of  the  World,  with  the  De* 

'^^^  .  fcnption  of  ir,  and  its  appcndances, 

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As  for  Francty   or  fo much  as  is  generally  under  ^J^ 
flood  of  iti  it  is  bounded  on  the  Eaft  with  a  ^ranciiS   ' 
-of  theAlps^  parting  between  Dauphin  and  Fe//«()/;f  !5:^^ 
SwhxcYland^  Savoy^  fome  part  of  (7 frm^ny,    ijnd  tli  ^ 
Neitherlands  j  on  the  Wed  witl^  a  Branch  of  the  F; 
yfewwn  Mountains,  dividing  5>jf«^,  and  with  the  ^ 
quitane   Ocean;    on    the  North  with  the    Brittij 
'  Seas,  and  part  of  Belgium^  and  has  on  the  South  th  S'd^ 
reft  of  the  Pyreeman  Mountains,  artd  5 the  Ji^fcdita  ^q^^. 
raman  Sea,  being  in  a  manner  Square  •,  accounted  ii  ^^j 
Length,  from  C^to  to  Toulon  620  MiIcs,reckonin| 
7  :^  to  a  Degree,  and  in  Breadth  from  the  border 
of  Lorain  to  Brej^,  or  from  Nice  in  Pcimont  to   Bay 
•n  492  Miles,  though  of  late  the  Teretories  hav 
been  much  inlarged-by  the  new  Conquefts  and  Ac 
quifitions,  but  being  to  fpeak  of  them  in  the  Cour 
tries  where  they  properly  have  their  Scituation, 
willingly  here  oinic  them. 

This  Country  is  called  by  the  Englifh  France^  h 
the  Italians  Francia,  and  fo  by  the  Spaniards;  b 
the  Germans  Franckreicb^  by  the  Turks  Aljrangui 
and  is  the  antient  Gallia  of  C£far  and  Pliny ;  lyinj 
cycellently  in  Compaction,  between  the  mofi  Floi 
rifbing  Kingdoms  and  States  of  Europe^  Scituate  ii 
the  middle  of  the  North  Temperate  Zone,  betv;ec[ 
the  middle  Parraleils  of  the  Fifth  Clime,  where  th 
longefl  Day  is  13  Hours  j  and  tke  middle  Parrald 
of  the  Eighth  Clime,  where  they  extend  to  k 
Hours  and  a  half:  So  that  the  Air  is  very  HealthW*fh 
ful,  rhe  Country  every  where  Rich  and  Fertile,  an(i|||j^s 
the  People  numerous ;  as  likewife  the  Cities  an( 
Towns,  no  leis  than  4000  being  reckoned  of  nore,c 
'ii^ceially  thcgreareft  part  of  them,  and  was  Diflin 
•  guifhed  by  four  Parts  or  Divifions,  when  the  Ki 
mans  ("noc  without  great  blood-fhed^  brought  ii 
ttndcr  their  Subje(flion,  wr- 

I*  The  NarhnenfiSy  or  Bracatta^  containing  Da 
fhtP^  Lati^uedecl^^f  and  a  part  of  Savoy,    2.  AquitA 


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ma  '^^ J'^f'  .gining  Gafcoigne^  Limoifm^  Guinr.e^  Santhgne^Q^:yci^ 

5.  CelticMj  comprehending  the  Provinces  of  ATor  4 

inefy',   BritagnCy  Anjou^   To'drain^   Maine,  Labeaufe^ 

rt  cicampagney  the  Ijla  oi  France ^  the  Dukedom 

Eurgmdy^  and  the  County  of  Lionoife,     4,  Belgica^ 

^ntaining  Picurdy^  a  pjrc  of  Campaigney  Bwrgmdr^ 

•and  the  Spmfl)  Netherlands:  Bnt  in  the  time  of //a- 

7;^  the   Emperor,  the  Goths    having  over- run 

ain  and  /r^fr,    fent  their  Forces  to  Invade  tlic 

rbonenfian  Gauls,  and  having  Subdued  them,  caN 

1  their  Country  Langne  de  Gothy  and  from  thence 

nguedock  >  nor  did  they  (lay  here,  but  extended 

eir  Conqnefls  to  the  River  Ligerky  no^'  the  Fa- 


ir, jjnd 
I  of  the  P] 
with  tlie  J. 
:hc  Brittil 
le  South  th 
the  Mcditci 
iccounted  ii 
:s,reckoninj 
the  border 
m  to  Bay 
ctories  hav 
efts  and  Ac 
n  the  Cour' 
icituation, 


»  !^p|ous  Lcfirey  founding  thcmfelves  a  King  iom,  and 

Jli|iflking  Tholoufe  the  Regal  Fc''dcnce*,nor  vv^s  it  lon^ 

iFrancey  before  the  BurguMimeSy  ot  BurgundtanSy  who   had 


aniards;  b 

s  Alfrangm 

riiny'y  lyin 

moA  FIoi 

Scicuate  ii 

ne,  betvvecr 

where  th 

ile  Parrale 

Ktendto  i( 

^cry  Health'; 

Fertile,  an( 

Cities  arc 

'd  of  nore5C 

was  Diftin 

len  the  Ky 

)  brought  ii 

laining  T>aH 
2*  Aquitq 


iated  themfelves  in  a  part  of  the  Couiitry  of  CcC' 
\lUy  and  fome  of  the  Tererories  of  Brandenbw{^ 
/njng  with  the  VandUs  and  Siveths,  fcized  upo  i 
iher  parts  of  France^  and  grafped  them  with  fo 
frd  a  hand,  that  th«y  in  fpighc  of  Oppofitioa 
mdcd  themfelves  a  Kingdom ,  called  the  Kinq;- 
oi  Bnr gundy y  but  afterward  reduced  to  aDukc- 
fm,  and  now  in  the  hands  or  poflefTion  of  the  prc- 
^t  French  King.    •  V:  ^rr 

[The  Kingdom  of  France  is  Hereditary  to  the 
lies,  but  not  to  the  Females,  who  arc  difablcd  hjf^ 
Saliqs  Law,  and  the  Heir  or  Eldcll  Son  is  ftiH 
Dauphin  of  Frdnces  nor  can  the  Younger  Son  of 
King,  by  tbc  Law  of  Apennagesy  have  any  part 
the  GovcrnmcBC  with  the  Elder,*  And  this  Mo« 
irchy  has  been  tipheld  ever  fince  tht  Year  420, 
the  Races  of  Three  Kings,  vi^*  the  Moravinian^ 
mlimMn  tni  'Capttiney  in  a  Defcent  of  ^3  Kings » 
here  the  Chriftiap  Religion  is  held  to  be  firft 

fi  2  vPUlK- 


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tv 


(4) 

Planted  amongfl  the    Gaules  by  MartidU,  but  d 

mongft  the  French^  or  the  latter  fetled  People  ofj 

the  Kingdom,  by  Remigmy  much  latter :  as  for  thtr 

.  Arms  Royal,  now  boren  by  the  Kings,   they  arJ 

Three  Flower  de  Luces  ArurCy  in  a  Field  Or^  bej 

ing  a  Device  taken  by  Charles  the  Sixth. 

■\     This  Kingdom  is  compo'fed  of  Eflatcs,  and  Order| 

threefold,  viZj,  the  Clergy,  the  Nobility,  and  thd 

.Commons',  and  here  are  ufually  found  i6  Arch-m, 

jhopy  and  io<5  Bi/hops^  not  accounting  thofeof  Ai-§ 

rasy  Tournay^  and  Perpi^nan-^    16  Abbots  Heads 

;i. Orders  and  Congregations,  and  about  3€ooo  Cu^ 

rate-(hips :  and  not  accounting  other  Governmentsj 

there  are  1 2  Peers  chiefly  appointed,  or  ancierj 

Peer-fhips,  befides  others  of  new  Creation,  and  the 

I'Order  is  that  of  the  Moly  Gbofl,    There  are  likt'j 

'-«;^ife  1 1  Parliaments,  8  Chambers  of  Accounts,  22P 

l:Publick  Places  of  Receipt,  or  Generalities  of  tW 

;j  Kings  Revenues. '-;-  v     j  .  ^*   | 

i  'oit  The  Rivers  of  this  Kingdom  are  prbcipaily  Four] 

•  tiX:  ^^^  Rhoncy  or  Rofney  the  Lo/re,the  GaronnCy  anJ 

the  Sfine  ;  who  receive  into  them  many  other  Rij 

^  vers,  and  wafh  the  Walls  of  the  chief  Cities  an/ 

t  Towns,  ^c.  the  firft  arifing  about  3  Miles  froi 

the  head  of  the  River  Rhiney  the  fecond  about  thi 

-  Mountains  of  Avergne^  the  third  from  the  Pyreel 

man  Hills,  and  the  Fourth  has  its  Spring  in  Bur\ 

,       The  MountaiHs  of  mod  note  are  thofe  of  Averi, 
^ney  part  of  die  Alps,  and  the  Pyreenesy  on  the  lac 
ter  of  which  Nature  Arangely  exprefles  her  felf,  fori 
lihat  part  of  thofe    Mountains  toward  rich  and  ' 
vweal chy  Fr4;7ce,  are  altogether  barren,  but  that  to- 
Vards  Spain  exceeding  Fruitful,  as  if  it  had  diVefted 
it  felf  to  cloath  the  one,  and  robbed  the  other. 
, ,     In  the  Year  161^  Lovk  the  13  convened  the  E' 
ftates  of  the  Provinces  under  12  Heads,  or  great 
<jovernmentsjfour  of  which  lying  towards  the  Norths 


,J?  <.4-i 


'- ; 


■'*wf.i 


■:f^.; 


)rder  ufjon  the  Seine,  and  the  other  Rivers  that 
iHgment  its  Stream,  ijt^,  Ficardy^  Normandy^  the 
ffles  of  France  and  Cawpaigne^  adjoyning  towards 
le  middle  to  the  Loire,  Orlenoife,  BritaineyBurgmdy, 
fnd  Z.iowo?/ej  and  the  other  Four  towards  the  South, 
lear  the  Garonne,  vix,.  Dauphin,  Guienne,  Laugue- 
\oc\^  and  Provence  ;  and  under  the  Orlenoife  are  con- 
lined  Maine,  Ferche  and  Beattce  :  on  the  hither 
le  of  tlie  Lcire^  Nieveinois,Anpu  and  Touraine-,  and 
)ove  this  River  beyond  Fo^ou ,  Berrey ,  and 
\urgundy,  liath  Brefti,  and  under  Liomife,  are  com- 
frehended  Z.?o«oi^,  Auvergne,  Burbomois,  and  Mar* 
ie\  under  Guienne  is  Bearne,  Gafcogne^  and  Guicji" 
ky  Saintogne,  Ferigort,  Limofin,  Q^erci,  and  iloifr-- 
f/ie^  and  under  LangH2dockj^  found  Cevenes. 

The  chief  Cities  are,  ?.  /'iim,  firuate  in  the  Tile 
)i  France,  anciently  called  Lutetia,  by  reafon  of 
[he  Clayenefs  of  the  Ground  about  it  5  which  for 
liches.,  Statelinefs  of  Building,  the  many  Magni- : 
[cent  Pallaces  and  Churches,  that  every  vvhere 
dome  it,  and  the  Fruitfulnefs  of  the  Spil  about  ic 
|nd  number  of  its  Inhabitants,  may  compare  with 
noft  in  Europe,  2.  Lions,  or  Lugdunum.  ^,  Ork- 
mce.  4*  Bulkgnen  taken  by  Henry  the  Eighth  of 
Ingland  i  <;44.  $.  Amiens.  6\  St.  f^intiens^  where 
'le  Englifh  Forces  under  the  Command  of  the  Earl 
>f  Fem3r«o^,  in  the  Quarrel  o^  Philip  the  Second  of 
^pain,  overthrew  the  French,  Anno  i$<;7.  7.  Bwr- 
ieaux*  %,  Koane  or  RovemJenVu,  10  Rhemes,  11. 
llaremont,  1 2,  tholoufe,  1 3  Calais^which  being  taken 
)y  Edward  the  3  of  England,  remained  in  the  hands 
>f  the  Erigli(fj  220  Years,  and  was  loft  in  the  reign 
)f  Queen  Mary^  foon  after  the  Battle  of  St.  Quint'h 
les,  and  the  occafion,  as  many  conjecture  of  hafl- 
ling  her  end,  fhc  giving  out,  That  ifflje  were  §pen* 
led  when  deady  they  might  find  Calais  written  on  her 
\Nearty  Sec.  Many  other  Cities  and  Townsthere  are 
[af  note,  whofe  names  for  brevities  fake  I  mud  o- 

B  3  nikf 


4 


». 


mk  and  in  genera!  proceed  to  fty  -,   there  ts  no  P  The 

Kingdom  better  ftored  with  confiderable  places,  nor  iliftick 

more  abounding  in  plenty  of  what  ever  may  conduce,  '^viot 

to  the  Gommodiry  and  fuport  of  Humane  Life  5  a-  %omp 

bounding  with  alnioA  all  the  fundry  forts  of  Fruits    jy  fjm 

that  Euwe  produces,  as  alfoftore  of  River  and  Sea-    taking 

FiflM  a  great  number  of  Cattle,  plenty  of  Wine,   tooA\ 

-  Corn,  Salt,  Linnen  €loth,  Flai(,  Hemp,  WooI,Saf-        rht 

fron,  Paper,  and  tranv  other  Produds  and  Manu-    tjjgn  C 

ifaaories,  very  conricterable  ;  for  which  the  Ns-    thoug 

tivcs,  i^c,    as  it  wer^  command  the  Commodi-    jobbers 

ties,  or  ready  Money  of  mod  Countries ;  as  for  the   ^^d  a 

Coins  thofe  chiefly  in  ufc,  are  the  PiftolcofGold,    ingth 

and  the  Crown  of  Silver.        ^  and  tl 

As  for  the  people  of  this  Kingdom,  they  arc  great   ^^cntr 

pretenders  to  Antiquity^  deriving  their  Original,  #cing 

^  as  to  the  Inhabitants  of  the  Country  ft-om  Mefecl^  'W^^^ 

'  the  iixt  Sovioijaphety  chough  the  firft  Inhabitants  ]|piinki 

mentioned  with  any  credit  in  Hiftory,  were  the  anti-  r*' 

cnt  6aulsy  a  people  thrifty  and  valiant  5  who  under 

the  leading  oiBelloveffuSy  conquered  the  heither  part  I 

of  Italy  called  Gallta  Cifalftna.^  and  foon  after  under 

the  condu(ffc  of  SegovefM^  fubducd  a  great  part  of 

Germany^  nor  refling  there>  under  Brennui  another 

of  their  Commanders  i  they  difcomfited   the  Ro" 

man  Army  and  Sacked  even  Rome  it  fclf,  and  fo  paf- 

fcd  Conquering  on  into  Afia^  where  they  fixed  a  ^ 

Government,  calling  it  Gaid-Afia^   fince  corruptly 

GMl/atia^  on  which  the  Learned  Dubartas  difcants, 

'  '  The  Antient  Gz\x\  in  roijrg  everyway^ 

As  far  AS  Phoebus  da\ts  hii  Golden  R(ty\ 
'  /    Sei7(^d  Italy  tht  Worlds  proud  Miftrifs  facl^tj 
•     Which  rather  Mirs  r^/inRomuiuscomjf)/^^; 
Then  Spnls  Y\M\z^  WXxzdoth  Jnthraul 
^       ^ '  4ni  midfi  of  Afia  fUnts  gnother  Gaul. 


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aces,  nor 

onduce, 
Life  5  a* 
of  Fruits 
andSca- 
)f  Wine, 
ooI,Saf- 
i  Mani>- 
the  Nj- 
)mmodi- 

for  the 
of  Gold, 

are  great 
Original, 
}  MefecH^ 

wbitants 
the  anti- 
lo  under 
chcrpart 
"r  under 
part  of 
another 
the  Ro" 
d  fo  paf- 
fixcd  a  V 
orruptly 
iiicants, 


t'f, 


The  pifcfcnt  Inhabitants  though  fomewhat  fiin- 
flick,  arc  generaly  of  a  free  and  curtcous  Beha- 
viour, kind  to  ftrangers,  and  extremely  given  to- 
omplemcnt',  tlie  Women  are  hkc wife  wonderfiilr 
ly  fjmiliar  even  with  Strangers  lefpccially  in  Speech, , 
taking  it  for  a  great  peicc  df  breeding,  not  to  be 
(tfo  Auftcre  or  R£ferved.        ;  J  -7  >  -^  i.   , 

^  Their  Apparel  for  the  mod  part  is  rather  Gay 
than  Coftly,madcof  Hght  Stuffs  and  flight  Silks,  ^c. 
though  the  Country  people  are  diftinguifhed  from 
jothers;  by  the  Men's  wearing  a  large  pair  of  Breeches 
#d  a  Coat  to  thdr  Knees*, and  the  Womens  attire- 
teg  their  Heads,  or  rather  wraping  them  in  Linnen^, 
«nd  thefearc  in  a  manner  Drudges,  or  Slaves,  to  the 
Gentry,  efpecially  fuch  as  are  their  Land -lords,  they 
%eing  all  of  them  Tenants  at  Will,  and  have  their 
J^enc  raifed  as  the  Land  improves,  or  as  the  Lord 
thinks  fie  *,  which  is  the  occafion  of  their  great  Po» 
f  erty ;  for  although  many  of  them  hold  Farms  of 
Wine  and  Corn,  they  have  fcarce  the  happinefs  td 
iaft  the  firft,  or  cat  any  good  Bread  made  of  the 
patter. 
'k   In  Arts  and  Manufkjftury,  the  French  are  very  In- 

fenious,  and  in  War  very  furious,  at  the  firft  onfet, 
ut  with  the  change  of  Fortune  thair  courage  foon 
aibates  •,  though  C^ae/iir  confeffed  that  he  flew  i  looco. 
©f  them  before  he  could  bring  them  intofubje^iaon  j 
et  by  a  fmall  power  of  the  Englifh,    they  vverc^ 
reguently   worfted  5  in  the  Reign  of  Edward  the 
"hird,  and  almoft  the  whole   Kingdom,  after  the 
orcunate    Battle  of  A^inrcourt  ^   Conquored   and 
rought  under    fubjedion  by  Henry  the  fifth,  who 
^ith  15000.  men,   only  overthrew   an  Army  of 
I^above  looooo.  in  which  the  tiower  of  their  Nobili- 
|ty  were  either  Slain,  or  taken  Prifoners;  Nor  is  it 
lefs  the  Fortune,  or  rather  misfortune  in  all  Battles, 
I  to  have  the  greateft  ftorm  of  War  fall  upon  their 
'Nobihty. 

'     '  B4  The 


.-  / 


\}^: 


The  things  worthy  of  Note  in  this  liluftfuous 
Kingdom,  afe  the  Cath  :dral  Church  of  the  BIcflTcd 
Virgin  in  Paru,  Vulgarly  called  Notrodam  j  foppor- 
tedby  120.  Pillars,  whereof  12.  are  very  great, 
bet  the  remainder  mditfcrcmly  large,  and  in  the 
midft  of  the  Church  is  a  Chancel,  accounted  7 1  paces 
in  length,  and  60  in  bredrh  ;  and  in  the  Circuit  or 
Gircumference,it  hatH'4^  Chippels,and  isclofed  Avith 
Iron  Gates,and  two  double  doors  in  the  front,adorn'd 
with  the  Statues  of  28  Kings  ^  and  on  the  fides  are 
four  Towers  of  Bell-fries  of  44  Cubits  ia  height, 
and  a  Bell  fo  large  called  St.  Mary^  that  24  Men 
are  required  to  Ring  it  out  The  Seven  Wonders 
of  Dauphin,  viz.  The  burnig  Fountain,  the  Inac- 
ceflable  Mountain,  the  Tower  of  Sanevemn^  the 
VVine-fats  of  Saffinage^  the  Wine  Fountain,  the 
Manna  of  Briancm^  and  the  Fountain  of  Barberon  -j 
which  Rarities  fee  at  large  in  AltardSylva:  The 
iStatue  of /<?/trt  the  Pcucelle,  whoaflifted  the  French 
9gainfl  the  Englifh,  and  raifed  the  Scige  ofOrleance^ 
Siding  many  Wonders  in  feats  of  Arms,  till  taken 
by  the  Englifh  and  burnt  for  a  Witch  :  As  for  the 
"fiuilding,  in  Cities  and  confiderablc  Towns,  it  is 
moflly  of  rough  Scone,  Plaftercdand  rough  caflover 
flat  roofed  5  and  commonly  4,  $,  and  6  Stories. 
And  now  to  Francs  I  might  add  the  new  aquifitions, 
but  more  of  them  hereafter.  r  r  - 

'  The  chief  Iilands  are /l/;ee  the  out-work  of  ii(?(:^/f, 
in  attempting  the  Relief  of  which  the  Englifh  loft 
jmany  brave  men  in  the  year  iSij.  The  ftrong 
Bell  IJle,  Venetica  Sam  CoktuSySalt^  Nermouflier^  Ok- 
ron  Vliaras,  where  our  King  Richard  the  Third,  as 
Lord  of  th(.' Sea,  gavethofe  Laws  Marine  {o  mnch 
in  requeft,  and  known  as  the  Laws  of  Olerone^  Rochkj 
famous  for  the  ficge  it  fuftained  againft  the  whole 
power  of  France  y  Ovijfant  over  againft  the  Lixiird^ 
^nd  in  the  Mediterranian  are  the  Ifles  o(de  Eres  by 
letokmiey  called  the  Staachadcs,  >^-.,.i 

'^     ■  ^■;:    •■    -  '    ■ .     m 


Iluftruous 
t  BIcflcd 

(bppor- 
y  great, 
d  in  the 
7 1  paces 
iircuic  or 
)red  Avith 
i:,adorn'd 
fides  are 
a  height, 
24  Men 
iVonders 
iie  Inac- 
emuy  the 
aifi,  the 
'arberon  j 
t:  The 
^FTCilch 
Orleance^ 
ill  taken 

for  the 

ns,   it  is 

cafl  over 

Stories. 

nifitions, 

\£Rochle, 
lifh  loft 
e  ftrong 
her^  Ok' 
bird,  as 
b  mnch 
,  Rochky 
?  whole 
Lix/irdy 
Eres  by 


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^ 


7^^  Difcription  of  the  Kingdom  of  Spaiflj  - ' ';    •; 
„,  s  ^w  itsfrovinces^  &c,     -  ,  •    '   - 


■7 


":!?-■ 


Pain  is  acknowledged  the  moft  Weftern  partfr 
Europe^  formerly  called  by  the  Oreelis  Iberia  and 
tfperia  enviornd  on  every  fide  by  the  Sea,  except 
towards  France  *,  from  which  it  is  parted  only  by 
the  Pyreenian  Mountains :  The  Seas  that  bound  it 
|re  the  Cantabrian  on  the  North,  the  Atlantic!^ 
-  JlDcean  on  the  V/eft,  and  the  Straights  o^^ihraltary 
dn  the  South  j  on  the  Eaft  with  the  Mediterranian  ; 
*|he  Pyreenians  bearing  only  to  the  North  Eaft,  and 
*s  formed  by  Straboy  in  the  fliape  of  an  Oxes  Hide ; 
ontaining  as  well  Ptrthgal  as  Spain^  Scituated  in 
he  moft  Southern  part  of  the  Northern  Temperate 
^onej  Co  that  the  longcft  day  exceeds  not  1$ 
hours,  accounted  7^0  miles  in  length,  and  600  in 
'i)redth.  ■'■■:  ■   -:"•  :    "'tv,:; 

i:   As  for  the  Original  of  this  People  in  Relation  to 
^heir  pofleffing  the  Country,  Authors  differ  j   for 
Ifomewill  have  them  to  be  of  the  Progeny  o^  Tubal 
^^on  of  Jiiphaty  as  being  the  decendants  of  the  Ibiri] 
who  entred  the  Kingdom  under  Pannpfi:  Others 
'f  hat  they  are  derived  from  the  Ce/fi£,  a  powerftil, 
beople  decended  from  Alchenaz^t  who  tlrft  peopling 
pr,  called  the  wliole  Country   CeU]bma\  but  more 
licertain  it  is,  that  the  Phoenicians  (ailing  fi-om  Tyre, 
^planted  Collonies  here,  and  after  them  the  Rhodians  ^ 
'**ior  did  thcCarthagemns  fail  in  a  manner  to  fubdue  it, 
|till  being  worfted  in  the  fecond  Punick  War,  it  be- 
lijpame  Tributary  to   the  Romans^  who  devided  it 
•into  5  Provinces,  vi^.    Bcetica^  Lufltanica  and  Ter- 
;  raconenjis  j  the  firft  of  thefe  containing  the  King- 
doms of  Ahdelw^ta  and  Granata^  pai:t  of  New  C^- 
fttle  and  Eftremadurey    Inhabited   by  the  TurduHe 
^  Eaflward;  and  by  the  Celti  towards  the  Weft  i  Iw- 

B  5,  .    fitania 


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fit^wia  contained  PortygaU  and  part  of  Old  and  New 
CaflUe^  and  the  remaining  part  was  comprehended 
inTerragon  ,  and  again  they  laid  it  into  two  parts, 
comprehending  the  two  firft  Provinces  in  one;  and 
foit  remained  till  the  time  of//9rtori«j  the  Emperor, 
\Vhcn  Gundmcui  King  of  the  Vandelsy  broke  in  and 
over-run  it  with  a  numerous  Army,  Anno  400  •,  hue 
had  not  well  fettled  themfelves  before  the  Goths  In- 
vaded, it  and  drove  the  new  pofleflbrs  into  Ajfrica  ; 
and  in  the  year  720.  under  the  condud  o(  Mi^fa 
and  Tarrify  who  were  invited  in  by  Juliariy  with  a 
greatArmy  of  Moors  and  Saracens  entred  warring  up- 
on the  Goths  and  afcer  a  Battle  of  feven  days  became 
Vidorious  dividing  theCountrey  amongd  them  ,  fo 
thatatlail  ii  fell  into  12  divifions,  ai:^.  Leon  Ovicdo^ 
Navarre^  Corduba^  Gallktay  Bifca,  JoU&do^  Murtca^  Co- 
ftile,  Portugal^  Valentia^  Catalonia  and  Aragon ;  and 
/b  they  (land  at  this  day :  wherefore  I  proceed  to 
fpeak  of  them  in  their  order  and  due  place/. 

Leon  had  heretofore  the  Name  of  Auftria^  and 
is  a  very  pleaftnt  Country,  yielding  Mines  of  pre- 
cious Mettal,  fome  Gold,  Red  Lead,  and  Vermil- 
lion, though  otherwife  not  very  fruitfiil,  as  being 
fome-what  Mountair.ous,yec  givesTitle  to  the  Eldeft 
Son  of  Cafiile^  notvvithflanding  few  Towns  of  note 
are  found  in  it. 

Uavarr  is  a  Kingdom  of  great  Antiquity,  boun- 
ded on  the  Eaft,  with  the  Pyreeman  Mountains,  on 
the  Wefl  with  //>enw,North  Bifcay^znd  SomhAragon  i 
being  a  Campaign  Country,  not  fubjeft  to  Woods, 
or  Inclofures,  yet  abounds  with  Trees  in  the  nature 
ofHeHg-rows,  confiderably  fruitful,  and  has  for 
Its  cliief Cities,  Fi^eria,  Sanguefij,  Viana^  andF^fW- 
felune^  Garifoncd  as  the  chief  defence  of  the  Spani- 
ards^  againft  the  Incurfions  of  the  French  in  time  of 
War,'  vrho's  King,  though  wanting  the  PoffefTiion, 
has  the  Title  of  tlrat  Kingdom,  the  Revenues  where- 
of has  bceti  cftimated  at  One  hundre4  Thoufand 
Duckets.  Cordaifa 


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CtrriubaM  a  very  fruitful  Provirice,accounted  and 
dged,(jis  it  is)the  richcft  in  ail  ^//iWjabounding  in 
jrdivant Skins,  Mallago,  Sherry,  Oranges,  Cattle, , 
ifh,  Corn,  great  ftore  of  Fowl ;  and  has  in  it  di- 
v^x%  fair  Cities ;  as  i/?,  Corduba  the  Principal  from 
which  it  takes  its  Name.    2d,  Xeres,    ^d,  SeviL 

«\h.  Granada,     ^tk,  Mallaga.    6th,  Almeria.     'jth. 
uaJalcanal,  where  the  rich  Mines  are  found,       ^ 

GaUch,  is  a  Cotintry  very  Mountainous,  many  of 
which  cannot  be  palFed  without  great  difficulty,  and 
Others  by  reafon  of  their  Craggynefs,  held  not  paffi- 
Wci  ycc  in  this  Province  are  found  the  Cities  of 
Mompojiclla^  the  Seat  of  an  Arch-Bifhop ,  called 
St.  JagOy  in  Honour  of  St.  J^ames  the  Apoflle,  whona 
liicy  impute  to  be  buryed  here;  Bajonna  a  place  ve-  . 
|y  pleafantfor  its  Scituation,and  Carr^nn^jor  Graytine. 
t"his  Country  is  held  the  Principal  in  Spain^  for  the 
breed  of  Jennets  *,  and  here  is  found  the  Promon- 
tory Nerm^  formerly  held  to  be  the  A^e  plm  ultr^. 

Bifca^  makes  a  Famons  Bay  into  the  Ocean,  yet 
many  times  proves  dangerous  to  Saiicrs;  and  al- 
though the  Country  is  Mountainous,  yet  it  has  many 
pleafant  Valleys,  and  is  adorned  with  Cities,  and 
Towns  of  note,  usSuSebaJhar.y  T^olofa,  Fonterab'tAy 
^ilboa^  %cc.  And  from  the  Mountains  of  this  Cown-. 
try,  the  Rivers  that  water  the  greatefr  part  of  Spain 
have  their  Springs,  being  accouuted  no  lefs  than  One 
hundred  and  fifty  \  and  great  (lore  of  Timber  for 
^hipping  is  found  in  thole  parts,  with  fomc  iron> 
Mines,  ^c, 

Toledoy  a  part  o^  New  Caftile^  takes  its  name  from 
the  principal  City,  fciruate  on  the  banks  of  Tagu^ 
or  Tm^  exceeding  pleafant,  aad  is  ordinarily  rlie 
Refidence  of  the  Nobility,  and  of  Merchants  th  it 
Trade  in  tht fe  Parts  *,  being  the  See  of  an  Arch-Bi- 
fhop, who  is  above  the  reft  of  the  Bilhops  of  that- 
KiKgdom,  I  is  Revenue  being  accounted  Three  hur- 
dred  chcufand  Crowns  j    and  licre  the  K^ngs  o^  the 


m 


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C  12   ) 


ffof^/  atid 


there  are  likc- 


ws  held  their  Courts 
wife  found  the  Citieji  of  Calatrofuaand  Talboia,  one 
fcituate  on  the  Ava,  and  the  other  on  the  fagus. 

Murica^  contains  the  City  Murka^  the  Town  of 
Alicanty  and  l^cwCarthttge^  being  a  Country  very 
plentiful,  though  thinly  peopled  ;  and  hence  come 
the  Alicant  wines  and  curious£rfKt^enKejJe//,with  much 
fine  filks :  Nor  did  the  Romans  in  their  Conquefl  for 
fome  time  reapa  Icfs  benefit  than  Twenty  fiyethou- 
fand  drams  of  Silver  a  week,  from  this  Country 
oiily. 

cajfile  Old  and  New  contain  the  Towns  of  Seria^ 
Segovia,  Valodolid,  Salamanca^  a  Univerfity,  ^c. 
^i^</ri^  the  Kings  Principal  Seat  5  Alcala  and  Alcal- 
tura,  raofl  of  tSein  very  pleafantly  fcituate,  as  be* 
ing  pofited  in  the  heart  of  the  Kingdom  of  Spain, 
abouHding  with  Corn,  Fruits,  and  Cattle  5  and  the 
latter  watered  with  the  RiverT^^M^  and  Ava,  wliich 
much  inrich  the  Country.  As  for  Fortugal  it  is  now 
afeparate  Kingdom,  wherefore  I  intend  to  fpcak  of 
kin  its  due  place,  as  more  proper  in  a  work  of  this 
Nature.    -  ^  »'v 

The  Principal  Rivers  appropiated  to  Spain,  arc 
the  Taguis  or  7470,  the  Vucyq  or  Duerinf,  the  Guiadi' 
ma  or  Ana^,  which  for  a  good  fpace  Ingulfs  it  felf, 
and  runs  under  ground,  giving  the  Spaniards  Occa- 
fion  to  boaft,that  they  have  one  of  the  faireft  Bridges 
an  the  World,  on  which  Ten  thoufand  Cattle  feed, 
and  over  which  an  Army  with  extended  Wings  may 
March  -,  the  other  Rivers  of  note  are  Gualdahquiver, 
and  the  Ebro,  called  by  Straho,  BAtis,  and  Iberui. 
As  fot  the  Mountains  they  are  diftinguifhed  into  fix 
great  Ridges,  continued  knit  together,  wliereof  the 
Iclfer  are  but  parts,  the  chief  of  which  are  the  Py- 
reenians  that  extend  from  the  Cantahmn  Ocean  to 
the  Mditerranian  $e^« 


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and  the 
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it  is  now 
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the  Py- 
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If 


Asfor,the?c<q>le  of  Spai/ty  they  arc  fwarthyof 
ComplcKion,  black-Hair,  andefa  goodProportion^ 
ftately  in  their  Anions,  and  grave  of  Deportment, 
verv  ferious  in  their  Carriage,  and  Offices,  much  ad- 
diaed  to  Relijgion,  and  very  Obfervant  and  Faith* 
ful  to  their  Prince,  not  prone  t©  alter  their  Determi- 
nation, but  patient  in  Adverfity,   in  War  they  are 
very  Deliberate  and  Cautious,  not  much  regarding 
Arts,  but  adidthemfelves  much  to  Women,  and  are 
generally  very  much  conceited  of  themfelvesj   As 
for  the  Women  they  carry  themfelvcs  very  fober  and 
difcrcet,  and  are  tolerably  handfome  ;  Thofe  that 
are  roarryed  are  in  great  Subjedion  to  their  Hus- 
bands, and  extream  loving^  though  the  men  are  na« 
turally  Jealous.    In  matters  of  Religion,  they  are 
Roman  Catholicism  only  there  arc  fome  Churches  of 
Toled^i    where  the  Muf-Arabicl^  Office  is  ufed.    As 
for  the  Language,  it  is  not  all  the  fame,  for  in  fome 
parts,  it  has  a  mixture  of  French^  in  others  much 
of  the  Moori/hy  and  in  fome  again  the  GothijhArabkl^y 
but  generally  and  vulgarly,  the  Old  Spanifli  is  ufed^ 
which  has  much  Affinity  with  the  Latin  h  and  as  for 
the  Civil  and  Imperial  Laws  ufed  amongft  them, 
they  are  intermixed  with  many  Cuftoms  of  the 
Gothy  and  the  King  governs  his  Provinces  by  Vice* 
Roys,  or  Miniflers  of  States  and  though  this  Couur. 
try  is  not  very  fruitful  in  Corn  and  Cattle,   yet  it 
generally  abounds  in  Wines,  Oyls,  Sugars,  Rice, 
Silk,   Liquoras,  Honey,  Wax,  Saffron,  Annifeeds, 
Rofin,  Almonds,  Oranges,  Lemmons,  Cakes,  So?p, 
Anchovies,  Soda,  Barrilla,  Shuniack,  Wool,  tgrnb- 
Skins,  Tobacco,  befides  the  great  Tjreafure*  of  GoM 
and  Silver  that  comes  from  Americ/^  from  whence  it 
is  conjedured  fmce  the  firil  difcbvcry,  that  above 
Fifteen  hundred  thirty  fix  Millions  pf  Gold  has  bcea. 
brought  into  5jf>/^W..  ^.^ 


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C'14) 

As  for  the  buildings,  riicy  arc  every  where  more 
folid  and  durable,  than  (lately  and  magnificent,  un- 
lefsat  SevH'y  in  Relation  to  which,  the  Spaniardt 
ufually  fay,  he  that  has  not  been  at  Sevil^  has  fcen 
no  ftately  Building.  As  for  Apparrel,  they  affeft 
rather  Graritv  than  Gaudinefs;  and  their  Diet  is  as 
fparing,  confiding  for  the  moft  part  of  Herbs,  made 
into  Pottage,  with  minced  Meats  and  Salads;  though 
there  is  fcarcely  a  Mechanick  in  any  noted  Town,  but 
whfohe  ^oes  abroad,  has  his  Cloak  on,  andhisRa* 
pier  by  his  fide,  and  walks  in  as  much  State  as  the 
greatellD^^n  in  the  Kingdom. 


H  i 


A  Difcriptscn  of  the    Kingdom  of 
Portugal. 


1-^*^)^ 


l^.i 

•  i' 


THIS  Kingdom  was  in  the  time  of  tlic  Ra^ 
w4»Conquefts  accounted  a  Province  of  Spain^ 
but  fince,been  a  Kingdom  of  about  Five  hun* 
dred  years  Aanding,  bounded  on  the  North,  with 
the  River  Minioy  and  Ava^  which  parts  it  from  G^/- 
ticid ;  on  the  Eaft  with  the  two  Caftles,  znd  Eflre* 
madure  ,  on  the  South,  with  Algarve  s  and  on  the 
Weft,  with  i\\t Ailanticl^  Ocean  *,  and  was  anciently 
called  Lufnaniay.  deriviifg  its  prefent  Name  from 
rortQy  a  Haven  Town,  fcituate  in  the  mouth  of  the 
River  Duerai\,  the  ufual  Landing  place  of  the  Ganls ; 
and  thence  corruprfy  called  Phrtugal^  or  the  Gaulf 
Portv  and  is  accounted  to  be  in  lengtli,  from  North 
ta  South,  about  Six  fcore  Leagues,  running  along 
theSea-Coaft-,  and'confequently,  not  anlwerable 
in  breadth,  in  which  it  dilproportions,  as  in  fome 
places  Twenty  five,  fome  Thirty,  and  in. others 
^*^''  Leagues*.  ^^"^ 


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(  lO       . 

This  Kingdom,  cfpccially  of  late  years,  ha:  made 
its  fcif  famoufly  known  throughout  the  World,  by 
its  Difcoverics,  and  Trafficks,  in  Navigation  *,  fo  that 
1)0  Trading  part  of  the  Unircrfe,  has  cfcaped  its 
[Knwvledge.  As  for  the  Provinces  attributed  to  For* 
[fugal^  they  are  principally  Siy,  which  are  as  many 
[General  Governments, /nf^-D«er/»,  and  Mmhoy  Tra* 
hS'Montesy  Beyra^  Eftremadwrey  Aleuteio^  and  the 
[Kingdom  of  Algarues  and  of  thefe,  Tnter-Dueraty  and 
[Mnho^  are  the  moft  noted,  as  being  eyceeding 
[Fruitful,  and  well  Peopled,  that  for  Eighteen 
Leagues  in  length,  and  Twelve  in  bredth,  itpoflcf- 
fes  One  hundred  and  thirty  Moi-afteries,  One  Thou- 
fand  four  hundred  and  iixcy  Parifhes,  Five  Thoufand 
Fountains,  or  Springs  of  Water,  Two  hundred  Srone* 
Bridges,  and  Six  Sea  Ports :  The  chief  City  in  thefe 
Parts,  is  Por%  called  by  the  Englifl)  Port  aPm^  from 
its  delightful  Scituation,  and  the  Advantage  of  the 
Commodities  of  the  Country,  there  in  abundance 
found  j  this  place  contains  Four  thoufand  Houfe?, 
tnd  is  much  traded  to  by  di  vers  Nicions  j  the  next 
to  this  is  Braga^  famed  fpr  the  many  Councils  lield 
there. 

/Tralos  MonteSy  is  a  part  of  this  Kingdom,  ftored " 
Wkh  Rich  Mines,  and  in  it  is  found  the  City  of  Bra* 
gancay  the  Capital  of  the  Dukedom  of  that  Title,  be- . 
fides  which  there  ate  Towns  of  lefler  note,  and  the 
Princes  who  are  derived  from  this  Title  ufually  re/ide 
at  Villa-ykiofajbeing  now  in  PoflefTion  of  the  Crown; 
and  had  before  their  coming  to  it,  a  Prerogative,  be^  - 
j'ond  the  Grandees  of  Shirty  to  fit  in  publick  under 
the  Royal  Canopie  of  the  Spamjh  Kings-,  Beyra  ano- 
ther part  of  this  Kingdom  is  exceeding  fertile,  pro--- 
ducing  (lore  of  Millet,  Rye,  Apples,  Chellnuts,  Ca- 
tle.  Corn,  &€,    And  in  it  is  feituate  the  F'amous 
City  of  Coimbr4y  noced  for  its  Univerfity,  and  the. 
See  of  a  Bifliop,  ^c. .  Efirtmadwre  abounds  in  Wines, , 
Ojls,  Salii/agdJHqpey^^gjthcKdfrQmt.CitrQn  Flowu 


C  |6) 

ers ;  and  in  it  is  feaced  Lubon  the  Principal  City  of 
the  Kingdom,  upon  five  little  ridng  Hills ',  on  the 
Right  bank  of  the  River  TagWy  or  Taio^  an  Arch- 
Bilhops  See,  the  ufual  Rcfidencc  of  the  Kings  o( Por- 
tugal^ and  a  City  of  great  Trade,  having  the  Ad- 
vantage of  the  Ebinc  and  Flawing  of  the  Sca^  as  be- 
ing but  Five  Miles  from  it,  held  to  contain  Thirty 
two  Parifhes.  Three  hundred  fifty  Streets,  Eleven 
thoufand  Houfes^  and  One  hundred  fixty  thoufand 
Inhabitants  h  the  Compas  computed  to  be  near  Se- 
ven Miles  accounting  the  Subburbs,  and  was  once 
tMe  greateft  Emoorium  of  Europe.  Santmm^z  place 
much  in  Rcqucrt  for  the  abundance  of  Olives,  that 
grow  about  it  3  infomuch,  that  the  Natives  boaft, 
but  how  truly,  I  knov;  not,  that  they  could  make 
a  River,  as  big  as  the  TagH4  of  their  Oyl :  Setubn^ 
an  other  Town  inthisTraft,  is  accommodated  with 
one  ofthebcfl  Havens  in  the  Kingdom,  being  no 
Icfs  than  Thirty  Miles  long,  and  Three  broad,  aboun- 
ding with  Salt-Fits,  and  Wine,  which  bring  a  great 
Revenue  into  the  Kings  Coffers.  AUnteio,  extream- 
ly  abounds  with  Corn,  infomuch,  that  it  is  held  to 
l»e  the  Grainery  of  the  Kingdom,  and  has  in  it  the 
City  of  Elvara^  thefecond  to  that  of  LUbon^  near 
which,  the  Fortuguez,  won  a  confidcrable  Vidory  a- 
gainft  the  Sf  marks  in  1 55  3 .  And  next  this,  Elvas 
claims  Place,  for  the  many  Sieges  it  has  held  out  a- 
gainfv  the  Spaniard^  and  the  plenty  of  Oyls  the 
Neighbourhoods  prodice,  fyc.  Omique  is  the  place, 
near  to  which  was  fought  the  Famous  Battle,  which 
occafioned  the  proclainring  the  King  of  Portugal  c^ 
the  Moufe  of  Braganca,  Portelegar,  is  a  Bifliops  Sec. 
Akarve^  though  little  in  extent,  has  the  Title  of 
a  Kingdom,  and  was  re-united  to  the  Crown  by  the 
Marriage  of  Alphonfe  the  Third,  with  Beatrice  of  Ca- 
Ptile^  abounding  in  Eggs,  Almonds,  Olives,  Wines, 
Icorn.  Cattle,  (Z^'c  And  for  the  Chief  Towns,  they 
ate  X4%ilay  Faro^  Silvf^s^  and  lagou 

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The  Natives  of  this  Kingilomi  are  very  frugal,  yet 
fvc  in  much  plenty,    the  Earth  producing  every 
■where  abundance :  Nor  did  their  Navigation  in  for- 
'  iner  days,  lefs  conduce  to  their  Support  and  Graa- 
,  dcur  'j    being  held  the  firfl  Enropeant  that  publickly 
ifficked  into  the  remote  parrs  of  the  World,  to 
ring  it  to  any  confiderable  Perfe(flion.    The  Peo- 
J\c  are  generally  ftraight  Limbed,  and  well  propor- 
tioned, very  fott  skinned,  but  fonje  what  inclined  to 
fwarrhiners,  by  rcafonof  the  heat  in  thofe  parts  ^ 
ttve  Air  is  very  healthy,  and  the  Country  for  the  moft 
part  Hilly,  though  few  of  note, 
J-  The  Roman  Catholick  Religion,    is  only  publick- 
uly   profefled.     There  are  three   Arch-Bifhopricks, 
wt*  at  Llsboriy  Braga^  and  Ehora  5  and  Ten  6i(ho- 
ricks.  They  have  Parliaments  as  occafion  requires 
ft,  held  at  Lisbon  and  Porto^  and  Twenty  feven  pk- 
tes  have  their  Generalities  ^   and  the  Revenues  of 
the  Kingdom  is  held  to  be  about  Ten  Millions  of 
Jvcrs,  not  accounting  their  Collonies  in  the  Eaft- 
fndies:  And  although  Porfw^^j/ was  fcizedonby  the 
ling  of  Spain^  after  the  fatal  Battle  of  Alca^^ar  in 
Ijfritt,  and  the  Death  of  King  ffenry^  who'Succee* 
led  Sabaftian,  (lain  by  the  Moors ;  it  revolted  in  the 
rear,  1640.  And  is  governed  by  a  King  of  its  own, 
IS  a  feparate  Kingdom  from  Spain ,  and  thus  much 
for  Portugaly 

A  Defcription  of  Italy^  In  its  Kingclonis 
and  Dominions^  &C. 

'talj  is  a  very  Fruitful  Country',  and  held  for  its 
Pleafantnefs  to  be  the  Miftrifs  of  all  Countries,  as 
'it  oilce  was  Ertiprefs  of  the  World,  and  is  incom- 
paffed  with  the i4^rf/iricj(^,  /ewww,  and  TJrrwn  Seas: 
Except,  towards  France  and  Germany^  from  which  ' 
it  is  parted  by  the  Alps^  which  rcnd^s  it  in  a  man-  ' 

ncr 


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nera  Penjufula^  hut  more  peru|iarly,  it  has  on  the 
Eaft  the  lower  part  of  the  Adriaticli^  and  the  J^9ntan 
Sea,  deviding  It  from  Greece ',  on  the  Weft,  it  has 
the  River  K^kt,  and  fome  part  of  tlie  Alps^  parting 
it  Trom  France ;  on  tlie  North,  a  part  of  the  ^Ips 
divid  s  it  from  Germany^  and  on  the  other  parts,  tlie 
Adriatique  Sea  de vides  it  from  Dalmatian  bei  ng  held 
by  the  Antients  to  be  in  form  like  an  Oak-Leaf,  • 

This  Country  branched  out  into  fundry  principa- 
Iitie:^s  and  Provinces,  is  fcituate  in  a  moft  Fruitful 
and  temperate  Air,  under  ^le  fifch  climate  of  the 
North  temperate  Zone,  which  is  totally  taken  upi 
fo  that  the  Longeft  day  is  1 5  hours,  and  three  fifth 
parts  of  an  hour,  Northviard  and  Southward,  not 
much  above  14  hours,  and  the  parts  mentioned  *, 
and  is  reckoned  in  length,  {i om  Augufl a  PrAtoria^ 
now  called  i^q^,  unto  Otranto  ihe  moft  Eaftcrnly 
'ptTt  of  Naples  1020  miles,  and  in  bredth  from  the 
KiverK^rt,  which  parts  it  from  that  Province  to 
the  Mouth  of  the  River  Arfa  in  Friuli ',  where  it  is 
the  broadefl  410  miles,  and  where  the  narroweft, 
winch  is  about  ^tr^nfo,  exceeds  not  2g.  fo  that  the 
whole  compafs  by  Sea,  reckoning  windings  and 
turnings,  is  held  to  be  3448  miles,  but  reckoned  in 
a  ftraightline  upon  thecoaft,  it  falls  much  (horc  as 
not  above  2  $$0. 

As  for  the  firft  Inhabited  of  this  Country,  they 
f emaine  doubtful,  for  as  foon  as  Hiftorians  make  a- 
iiy  confiderable  mention  of  it,  we  find  it  Inhabited 
by  divers  Nations,  held  to  be  Greek  Colonics,  who 
tranfported  themfelves  at  fundry  times  y  the  peo- 
ple of  the  Sea  Coaft  being  faid  to  come  thither  un" 
der  Jfanw^  Anno  Mundiy  1925;  After  them  Saturn 
out  oiCveet  v  then  Evander  or  Oenotrus  out  ofArcd- 
diay  and  then  ^S^eas  with  his  Tro^ans^  with  many  o- 
thersj  butaft^rthe  Homans  grew  poiwerful,  they 
brought  the  whole  Country  into  fubjcftion,  and, 
held  it  in  fpitc  of  the   frequent  Inrafions  olPhyrut 

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(19) 

^ambaU  the  (rauU^  Cimbrij  and  others,  till  the  time 
(Honor ins  the  Emperor,  at  vvhat  time  the  Gothr 
"andais,  HeruHes^  Huns^  and  other  Barbarous  Nati- 
nSjpafTmgthe  AlpSyXtntk  from  ^he  Empirc,andde- 
vided  it  amongft  tjiemfelves  eftabjifliing  many  King- 
iJoms  and  Principalities  *,  and  when  thefe  were  in  a 
,%ianncr  (ubduedby  the  Valour  and  Conduft  of  A^r- 
.ipj,  Bell  iriuSy  and  other  Im|)erial  Generals.  Albwu 
l{Ms  King  of  the  Lumbardsy  (cited  upon  the  greateft 
•art  of  It  Culling  it  LongobardU,  vulgarly  Lumhardy  \ 
ut  rhey  a  confiderable  time  after  were  brought  im- 
er  by  Pepin  King  ofFrance^  called  ia  by  the  Bifhop 
^Komey  who  reduced  their  Kingdom  to  a  ftraighc 
^cmpaft  ;  after  which  tne  (eat  of  the  Roman  Empire 
iwas  fixed  in  Cermanyy  and  Italy^  parcell'd  out  a* 
ongft  fundry  Princes,  and  the  ufu'al  D'ivifion  is 
to  fix  parts  viz.  Lumbardytthc  Land  of  the  Church, 
jpelfy  THfcdnyy  GenMy  the  Signory  of  Venice  \ 
at  more  particularly  into  five  greater  and  fix  lefler  V 
las  for  thefirft,  the  Kingdom  of  l^aples^  the  Fspacy^ 
the  Signory  of  Venict^  the  Dukedom  of  FUretice fZnd 
ithe  Dukedom  of  Mffainy  the  lefler  are  the  Duk4| 
doms  ofMantoua^  Vrlnne^  Afodena^  ParrttMj  mth  the 
cates  of  Gema  and  Luca  )  and  Qf  thefe  in  their 
>Xdcr. 

The  Kingdom  of  Naples  Defcrihed^  &c* 

ASfofthe  Kingdom  of  JBT^pfcj  it  is  Governed  at 
this  day  by  a  Vice-Roy,  under  the  King  of 
^^r*;//;^  andisfcituatein  the  moft  pleafant  part  of 
•  I^Aly^  devided  from  the  Territories  of  the  Church, 
by  the  River  Axofenui^  being  on  the  other  parts 
Inviornd  with  the  Seas  *,  making  many  commodi- 
ous Havens,  and  contains  the  Provinces  of  Lavaro, 
Calabria  Inferior  and  Superior,  Otranto^  Apulia,  Pug* 
lia,  AbruT^, 


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V     (   20    ) 

In  Lav4Y0  is  founded  the  City  of  Naples,  from 
whence  the  Kingdom  takes  its  Name,  and  many 
others  of  leffer  note  ;  but  that  which  is  moft  noted, 
is  the  Mountain  ZJefuvm  lately  called  Somma,  be- 
ing exceeding  high,  and  cafting  Flames  out  at  jhe 
top  of  it,  in  a  dreadful  manner  i  though  all  the  bor- 
ders or  parts  of  it  are  otherways  very  pleafant  and 
fruitful,  abounding  in  Vines,  Flower-Gardcns,  Olive- 
Yards  snd  rich  Paffures ;  many  of  the  Houfes  of  the 
Gentry,  and  Country  ViUages ;  the  City  it  felf  being 
feated  at  the  foot  of  the  Mountain,  and  other  Hiils 
that  branch  from  it,  extending  from  the  South- 
Weft  to  the  Nortl>Eaft,  in  a  manner  Triangular  ^ 
and  fo  Frnitful  is  the  Country  in  Corn,  that  the 
Importation  of  Bread  is  forbidden  upn  great  pe- 
nalties. 

As  for  the  Buildings,  they  are  of  free  Stone  •,  ma- 
ny of  them  four  Stories  in  height,  and  the  Tops  flat, 
the  Windows  are  generally  covered  with  fineLin- 
nen  or  Ti^ny  in  uead  of  Glafs,  which  gives  anc- 
qual  Light  and  keeps  out  the  heat  of  the  Sun :  Nor 
confifts  the  City  of  Naples  of  any  more  than  three 
coniiderable  broad  Streets,  called  La  Vicaria,  L/i 
Lapuarty  and  La  toletano  •,  the  reft  being  inconfider- 
able  Lanes,and  places  of  lefs  note  •,  having  8  Gates  to- 
wards the  Sea,  and  as  many  towards  the  Land, 
ftrongly  walled  and  defended  with  three  Caftler, 
The  Women  here,  are  very  beautiful^  and  through 
the  abundance  of  Silks  found  in  thefe  parts ,  the 
meaneft  Citizens  Wives  go  clad  in  it  --,  the  peo- 
ple are  very  thrifty  and  induftruous,efpecially  about 
their  Gardens,  from  whence  they  derive  a  great 
part  of  their  Food,  in  Fruits,  Herbs,  Roots,  &c.  as 
living  very  fpare  and  temperate,  loughthe  Coun- 
try abounds  in  plenty.  The  Eftates  of  the  Kingdom 
of  Naples^  as  we  may  properly  call  them,  under  the 
Spaniflj  Vice-Roy,  arc  held  to  be  14  Princes,  2$ 
E>ukes9  )o  Mar^ueiTcf ;   54  Earls,  and  400  Barons 

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(21)     , 

and  Gentlemen  *,  having  4  publl^k  Houfes,  called  the 
S€gi\  in  which  they  meet  to  confiilt  Aftairs  of  Im* 
portance  *,  as  alfo  places  are  appointed  for  the^iece- 
S  ing  of  Merchants  in  the  way  <  Trade.  /       '■'\  ' ; " 
^      Calabria  is  another  Province  of  the  Kingdom  of 
%NafieSy  howwdcd  vfith  the  Joniati  and  tyrrenean  Seas, 
Sand  with  the  River   ]^ano,(d\d  to  be  $00  miles 
l^in  compaft,  divided  into  the  hicher  and  lower  Cala^ 
^■bria:    The  chief  Cities  of  the  former  being  Con/ew- 
tta  and  Salermnty  the  chief  refort  of  Italian  Phyfi- 
ians,  pleafantly  fcituared  and  well  inhabited  ^  the 
Buildings  agreeing  with  thofe  of  staples,  though  not 
in  the  General  fo  fumptuous,  and  all  the  Neighbour- 
ing Countries  are  full  of  Villages,  and  very  Fruitful  y 
and  in  the  latter  ^alabriaf:titerzary<i  is  feated  as  prin- 
cipal, being^a  ftrong  City  well  Walled,  and  Forti- 
fied \  and  formerly  this  Country  was  called  Magmt 
Grma^  from  the  many  Greek  Collonies  that  feated 
themfclves  in  it. 

Otranto  is  on  three  parts  bound  with  the  Sti^  and 

on  the  other  with  F«^;rf,hayiBg  tarentutmnd  Bruth 

dufum  for  its  chief  places  9  rormerly  boafling  it 

fclf  one   of  the  beft   Havens    in   Europe  -j   but 

for  fome  years  part  chbaked  up,  or  much  obflrufted 

^yfhoales  of  S^nd  carry -d  in  by  the  Sea  ,  fo  that  a 

hip  cannot  without  fome  difficulty  enter,  by  which 

Cleans  the  places  are  n^uch  reduced :   Here  are  found 

Bkcwife  the  Towns  of  Otranto  and  GaUipoHf^  very 

lentious  in  Oyls,  Wines,  and  Manufa^luries  of  Siljfs, 

d  other  matters  of  valuer  there  are  found  great 

ore  of  Corn,  Mellions,  Citron,  Saffron,  e^c.   and 

•*vhat  is  one  thing  obfervable,  no  Partridges  pafs  the 

i^imits  of  this  Country.  . 

V  Apulia  another  Province  q£  Naplef^   extends  it 

felf  from  the  confines  of  Brmdufium^  to  the  Aivcir 

Fortore^  and  is  properly  devidedinto  two  Provinces, 

and  has  for  its    prmcipal  City  that  of  Manfredo-j 

Sciiuatc  beneath  the  Hill  of  Sr^  Angetto^  accommo^ 

...  i'.-*.*.viji/4»^  iii,'5 1  .-,...  dated 


^  'i 


.  .11-;. 

II 


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C   21  ) 

imi  with  many  ftately  Buildings,  anci  is  the  $ej»t 
-of  the  Arch-Bifnop  of  Siponto  -,  and  that  which  adds! 
more  to  its  advantage«'is  that  it  has  a  capacious 
Harbour,  capable  of  receiving  Ships  and  Galleys  of' 
great  burthen,  and  is  defended  with  a  very  Arong 
Caftlc,  the  Country  all  about  it  being  very  Fruii- 
ful. 

Fuilid  is  bounded  with  the  Rivers  Tronto  and  For- 
tore^  and  has  for  its  chief  Cities  Barlety  which  has  a 
^ockI  Haven  belonging  to  it,  and  held  to  be  one  of 
the  4  Arong  lioldsof /r^/y  -j  and  Cann£  the  Country 
though  fomewhat  Hilly,  or  Mountainous  9  abounds 
\vith  Cattle,  Saflron^  and  many  other  Commodities 
incident  to /f/i/y, 

AbruxxB  is  in  like  manner  a  part  of  the  Kiflgdom 
o^Naplesy  having  for  its  chiefeft  Cities  or  Towns 
AqmnOy  giving  Birth  of  Thomas  Aquinas^  and  Snlmo 
Famous  for  the  Birth  of  Ovtd  the  Poet,  both  plea- 
fantly  feated  and  well  inhabited. 

Tie  Vafdcy  DefcriheJ^  &:c. 

AS  for  the  Papacy,  coinmonly  called  tlie  Eftarc 
of  the  Pope,  Inherent  to  the  See  6^  Rome  3  it 
^confifts  oftwoNaturcs  or  Jurifdii^ions,  as  Spiritual 
and  Temporal  principalities,  as  touching  the  latter 
ofivhich  it  has  under  its  Jurifdidion  many  large 
"Scrretories  lying  between  the  River  Fiore  ^nd  Cajer^ 
tdy  between  Prcnefta  and  the  Truentian  Straights,  the 
Pukedom  oiVrbin  excepted,containing  the  Provii> 
ces  of  Romandiolay  Mnrchia^  Sfolletto^  and  that  ufu- 
ally  called  St.Peters  Patrimony  is  accounted  Spiritual. 
Thefirft  of  thefe  extends  to  the  Venetian  Terrc^ 
tories  on  the  Weft,  and  to  Rubicon  on  the  Eaft,  a  Hfw 
tie  River  fo  called  from  the  Redneis  of  the  Waters, 
©ver  which  in  the  flouriftiing  time  of  the  Romans ; 
the  Confuls  were  forbiden  to  come  armed  homo. 
^ards,  icafl  the  fear  of  any  de/ifned  might  brif^^ 


ma 


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Spiritual 
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Waters, 
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homo- 
It  brif^^ 
41 


r  23 ) 

terror  upon  the  City  of  Rome.    As  for  the  chief 
cities  in  this  part,  they  ant  Benomay  the  prime  Uni- 
rfity  of /M/y,  and  where  the  Civil  Law  is  very 
fii»uch  fhidyed :    This  City  is  Round  of  form  Built 
:  with  Brick  and  Free-done,  commodioudy  fcicuate, 
d  has  towards  the  Streets,  Arched  Cloyfters  to  fe- 
re fuch  as  pafs  them  from  Rain,  &c^  Here  is  like- 
ife  found  the  City  Ferraray  fcituate  on  the  banks  of 
i|he  River  Fo,  and  fortified  on  all  other  parts,  with 
1|flrongWall  in  which  the  former  Dukes  held  the 
"  tely  Pallace  of  Be/Kei/ex>ere,  fonamed  from  its  plea- 
^nt  fcituation  ;  as  alio  A^'uenn/t^  of  great  antiquity, 
Jlcnowned  in  Antient  Hiftory ;  accommodated  about 
?^^o  miles  diftant  with  a  famous  Port  or  H  iven.  This 
il^rovince  or  Country,  produces  Corn,   Wine,  Oyl, 
ItDme  Drugs,  plenty  of  Cattle,  and  efpecially  good 
1#J6r(cs. 

fl.  Marchi/t  extendeth  from  Puglh  to  (Jfrvw/Tj between 
'^'^e  Appenine  and  the  Sea,  commodioudy  divided 
^!^hco  little  rifing  Hills,  and  fertile  Plaines,  by  which 
yliieans  it  is  very  Fruitful,  greatly  abounding  with 
^JlCorn,  Wine,  and  Oyl:  its  principal  Empori  is  ^n- 
^^na^  by  realbnofthe  com modioufneft  of  its  Haven, 
tt^fiDd  is  a  fair  City  incompa{ted  with  three  Mountains, 
^d  hath  the  form  of  a  half  Moon,  the  Streets  are 
rrow  and  paved  with  Flinty  the  Haven  is  Trian- 
Iar,where  are  curious  Walks,  and  a  place  called 
Loggia^  where  the  Merchants  that  refort  thither 
p3r  Trade,  do  meet  andisyery  healthy:  the  other 
nfiderablc  Cities  are  Firmo^zxiA  Ajcoli,xid  in  this 
rovince  Aands  LorettOj  (b  Famous  for  our  Ladies 
iracles. 

Spolktto,  dXickmlj  Vmbrtay  has  for  its  chief  Cities 

^^^^^f^Oy  from  whence  it  takes  its  name  Onieno^(cl' 

liituateon  a  high  Rock  and  4///,  where  St.  Fr^ndi 

was  born^  and  though  this  Province  is  noclarge,  yet 

it  abounds  widi  Wine,  Corn,  Oyl,  Saffron,  Cattle, 

m      .  - . '  •        ■  ^  .     '  - ,. 


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IB 


(  24) 

Sc.  Fetm  Patrimony,  fg  called,  and  aecounte«l  th 
Spiritual  JurifdiiStion,  contains  all  the  ancient  Latii 
um^  or  Campaigna  di  Roma^  and  the  chief  City  m 
Rome,  formerly  the  Capital  of  the  moft  coufiderable 
Empire  in  the  World,  Miflrifs  of  the  faireft  part  ot 
the  Univerfe,  and  faid  thro'  the  excefs  of  her  man) 
Conquefts  to  extend  by  Degrees,  from  2  Miles  in 
compafs  to  $0,  and  had  on  her  Walls  740  Towers, 
fpreading  over,  or  takjng  in  her  circumference  ] 
Mountains  or  Hills,  w^.  Pallamusy  CapitQliniHy 
Vnivalit^  AventinWy  EfqmliuHs,  CaUhs,  and  i2«^n. 
nalU ;  and  is  fcituate  on  the  banks  of  the  Famous 
Riverra^r^  though  at  this  day  it  is  not  accounted 
above  i  f  Miles  in  Circuit,however  containing  manj 
flarely  Strufturcs  and  Monuments  of  its  apcient 
Greatnefs:  But  what  renders  it  mofl  Eminent  is 
the  Popes  Pallace  on  the  Vatican  Hill,  the  Famous 
-Church  Dedicated  to  St,  Peter^  one  of  tjiegoodli* 
eft  Strudures  in  the  World,  accounted  520  Feet  in 
Length,  aad  ^S^inBsedth,  adorned  with  Paintings, 
Tombs,  and  other  choice  Pieces  of  Antiquity,  al- 
moft  Innumerable*,  the  Vatican  Library,  and  many 
Monuments  of  the  Roman  Emperors^  and  not  far 
from  this  City  is  Pont  Mill^  where  Confiantine  the 
great  was  (hewed  the  Crofs  in  the  Clouds,  with  this 
Motto,  0/?^.  In  hoc  ""'^incky  in  this  you  fball  over- 
come J  which  made  him  take  the  Inngn  of  the  Crofs 
for  his  Banner ;  and  accordingly  prevailing  over  his 
Enemies  he  not  only  Imbraced  the  Chrifiian  Reli- 
gion himfelf,  but  commanded  it  fhould  l>eobrerved 
throughout  his  Empire ;  And  indeed  in  ilowe  cen- 
ters the  Plenty  and  Glory  oiltaly,  the  Inhabitants 
being  accounted  two  Hundred  Thoufand^  moft 
Clergy-men.  ^  ^^  " 


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unceii  ths 
lent  Lati 
Icf  City  ii| 
afiderablf^ 
eft  part  d 
her  manj 
2  Miles  in 
0  Towers, 
ference  ] 
apitolinMy 
nd  J2«^n. 
le  Famous 
accounted 
ling  man^ 
ts  apcient 
Eminent  is 
leF^pus 
he  goodli' 
20  feet  in 
Paintings, 
iquity,  al- 
and  many 
nd  not  far 
antme  the 
,  withtliis 
(hall  over- 
fthe  Crofs 
ig  over  his 
ifiian  Reli- 
c  obferyed 
Romecenr 
nhabitants 
nd^  moil 


Jji«e    Tim 


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•  .  -  ( 

Setgnmt  tnr  Cemmon-^eahh  of  Venici 
Defcribed^  &C; 

Orth  of  the  Alps  from  Roman-di-ola^  are  the 
Italian  Provinces,  appertaining  to  chc  State  of 
ccj  bounded  on  the  South  with  the  Territories 
.  Ferarra^  and  the  reft  of  Roman  di-ola ;   on  the 
reft  with  the  Dukedom  of  Millakj  on  the  Nortli 
]th  the  mairt  Body  ^f  the  Alps ;  and  on  the  Eafl 
\t\\tht  AdrMck^Seuy  and  the  ?d\cx  Arfia  which, 
ts  them  from  lAbttrnia :  befides  it  commands  a 
tpart  of  Greeccy  cfj)ecially  by  the  late  fuccef*- 
Acquifitions  and  Vidories,   as  well  as  divers 
inds  in  the  Sea,  and  has  all  along  been  the  Bulwark 
^  Chriflmdom  againft  tte  fitrl^. 
lAs  for  the  chief  City  upon  which  the  reft  de- 
Sd,  it  gives  a  Name  to  the  People,  and  is  wonder- 
,Iy  iituate,  or  feated  ar  the  bottom  of  the  Adri- 
kl^  Seay  or  <?«// of  Kfwcf ,  upon  72  Iflands,  five 
Its  diftant  from  the  ftiain  Land,  defended  from 
rage  of  Sea  and  Storms  by  a  prodigeous  work  ; 
iga  bankof(fome  fay  60  other)  3$  miles  m 
,th  5  open  in  7  places  for  paflage,  with  Boats  and 
[ys,  (Crc  of  fmall  burthen,  of  which  they  have 
monly  1 500,  but  for  great  Vetlels  the  only  paf^ 
is  at  Mafai^accQy  and  Caftle  Liddy  ftrongly  forti* 
and  yet  this  City  is  Computed  no  more  than 
liles  in  circuit ,  having  for  its  better  conveni- 
'  4000  bridges,one  of  wliich  is  very  famous,  paf*- 
over  the  Great  Chanel  ',  and  the  reft,  pafs  w?* 
©f  leifer  note,  which  in  divers  places  rcfrcfti 
Maritime  City. 

'he  Arfinal  is  the  moft  beautiful,  bijjrft, and  bcftf 
ifhed  in  Ekrope  -j  being  about  2  mm  in  cirod^ 
has  a  Magazine  of  ail  (orts  of  ilrms,  tngioes  ana 
lunidQO  ior  Sea  or  Land  ServicG»  amongft  which 


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iire  1000  Coat?  of  plate  Garnifhcd  with  Gold,  and 
'Covered  with.Velycc  *,  but  whac  is  mpfi:  admirable  is 
the  Church  of  Sc  Mari^^  their  Titiilar  Saint  5  wrought 
with  Mofaick  work,  Supported  with  Pillars  of  Mar- 
ble andPorphery  ;  adorn'd  with  Images,  Tombs, 
f^c.  that  for  the  abundance  of  Jewels,  Pearls,  Gold, 
and  Silver,  that  cover  and  adorn  them,  and  their 
Altars  it  may  be  thought  that  the  whole  Treafut-y  of  I 
the  State  might  be  Imployed  to  thac  purpofe  j  and 
bcfidcs  there  arc  found  200  Pallaces  built  ^f  Marble, 
^nd  adorned  with  Collumncs,  Statues,  fidures,  and 
other  things  of  great  Value  5  that  for  their  grandurc, 
they  arc  capable  of  entertaining  any  Prince ',  They 
liave  likewife  7 ;  rich  Hofpirals*,  ^6  Tribunab,  or| 
Courts  of  Juftice  *,  6'j  parifli  Churches, : 6  Monafte- 
riesofNun8  54  Convents  of  Friars,  18  Chippelsl 
and  6  Free-Schools 5  and  fo  powerful. once  they 
%verc  that  they  held  War  with  all  thic  Pritice  o(  Eu- 
rope^ &c  England  excepted,  for  the  fpace  of  feven| 
jrearf,  and  wanted  neither  meu  nor  money ;  am 
if  we  confider  what  Wars  they  have  had  for  near! 
200  years  (at  times)  with  the  Tuy\s\  vvc  niuft  necd^ 
proceed  to  wonder  how  they  (hould  fupport  rhem- 
fclves  under  that  expence  of  Treafiire,  and  lofs  ofl 
men  •,  but  their  Income  is  moftly  by  Navigation,! 
and  the  fruitfulnefs  of  their  Iflands;  fo  that  accord*! 
ing  to  a  Modern  account,  it  has  amounted  in  the 
Trealury,  Qiot  reckoning  the  Effeds  of  particular 
tnen,)  to  f  ve  millions  and  32000c  Dwckcts  yearlv: 
as  for  the  ^^  ity  it  is  Governed  by  a  Dake,  and   tnc 
^ennate  ;  and  fo  confequently  all  the  Countries  and 
Cities  under  its  Jurifdidim,  raaay  of  which  wc  fliall 
flave  occafion  to  mention  hereafter,  and  diercforc 
purpofely  omit  them  in  thisdefcription  :  only  by 
the  way  take  notice,  that  the   Terretories  of  this 
Signorie,    are  divided  into  Land  and  Sea  ;  and  in 
Lemhardy^Mana,  Trevigiana^  Fn«/f  and  Iftri^  part 
<  Palmatis^  S^lanim^  Mma%  md  the  Mrea  \ 

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idinthcir  Turirdi(ftion  arethc  famous  Ciries  of 
^adua^  Brefiiay  Bergam9,  Vicerv(a  and  others  v  as 
)r  their  Iflands  the  principal  arc  Corfu,  Cephalorita^ 
Unt^  Ithaca^  and  others  lately  regained. 

^he  Dijcription  of  tht  Dukedom  of  FlorencCj 

or  Tufcany. 

^His  Dukedom  now  under  the  Grand-  Duke 
o(Tufcanyy  is  divided  from  St.  Pter's  Pa- 
trimony, on  the  Eafl,  by  the  River  Pijco^ 
m  the  Wed:  by  the  River  Macra,  from  the  Com- 

lon  wealth  of  Genoa  ^  on  the  North  from  Komavm 
ihla^  and  Mana  Anconirana^  by  the  i4;)e«w/«e  Hills  5 
ttidonthc  .^outh,  has  for  itsboundard  the  Tyrrem" 
ind  Tufcan  Seas. 

ThisCountry  formerly  had  its  name  from  th«C  ity 

Florence^  Scituate  nigh  the  confluence  of  the  Ri- 
rer  Arm^    round  in  1orm  and  ftrongly  fortified 

rith>a  Wall,  &c.  and  8  Forts,  whereof  the  great- 
;ft  lyes  tovrards  the  South  'f  the  buildings  are  very, 
lately,  erre6!ed  with  Frcc-flone  and  Marble,  flac 
m  the  roofs,  except  the  Fallaces  which  are  adorned 

ath  Towers  and  Pinacles-,  the  Pavements  of  the 
Streets  being  likcwifc  for  the  mod  part  broad  Free- 
lone,  a  River  running  through  the  chief  of  them, 

rhich  greatly  cools  and  refrefhes  the  City  in  the 
leat  of  Summer  j  andovcr  it  is  a  (lately  Bridge  all- 

^oft  in  the  middle  of  the  City,  and  towards  the 

lorthEaAitis  EncompafTed  with  pleafanc  Hills» 
jcntly  rifing  and  planted  with  choice  Fruits,  and 

leltered  from  florms  by  the  Apennim  Mountains  that 
lye  behind  them ;  nor  does  the  South  fide  want  the 
like  advantage,  whilefl  the  WeflExpofes  icco  the 
[Flowry  Valleys  of /rwo  5  and  widioutthc  Wall  are 
the  Garden  houfes  and  Pallaces  of  the  Nobility  and 
iQcnorys  which  likcwifc  fcattcr  orcr  all  the  pica* 

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ilncFklds;  infomuch  that  it  isaccovnted  theGIo^l 
tyoihaly^  frequently  ftilcd  its  Garden,  and  takes 
its  name  from  the  Flowry  Plains,  and  Gardens  that 
inclofe,  or  expend  thcmfelves  about  it.    The  next 
City  of  note  is  /^//^ ,  through  which  the   River  | 
Arno  runs,  from  Eaft  to  Weft,  its  Scituation  being 
in  a  plain-,  and  towards  the  North-weft  by  North 
is  a  Gate,  and  a  fair  Cathederal  Church,  moft  cu- 
rionfly  wrought  and  Paved  w  ith  Marble  ;  and  here 
the  Duke  o{ Florence  or  Tufccny  has  a  Pallace,  fcatedj 
on  the  bank  of  the  River  Sienrnt-j  another  City  is 
fcituateona  rifing  Hill,  indifferently  alcending  a* 
t)ovctlie  Valleys ;  the  ftreetsof  which,  a  thing  un« 
tifual,  are  paved  with  Brick,  wherefore  no  Carts 
nor  Coaches  are  allowed  to  pafs  through  them,  but 
the  burthens  are  carry'd  by  men  Mules  and  Afles  ^ 
and  has  in  ic  feveral  ftately  Towers  and  Fountains, 
the  Women  of  this  place  being  likewife  reckoned 
the  faireft  ofBllItaly,    MaJJa  is  a  Town  moft  noted 
for  the  Quarries  of  Marble  in  its  neighbourhood. 

In  this  Dukedom  is  the  famous  Legorne^  fo  much 
traded  to  by  Merchants  of  moft  Nations  in  Europe  y 
opening  CO  the  Sea  a  fpacious  Port  or  Haven,  and 
is  a  Marc  or  Emporis  for  all  the  principal  commo* 
dities  of  Italy,  and  many  that  are  brought  over-land 
but  of  remote  Countries',  and  here  our  Merchants 
have  frequently  fettled  a  Fa(fiory,  che  people  being 
generally  fair  dealers,  and  wonderfully  obliging  to 
Grangers  $  fo  that  the  Cuftom  of  this  place  is  tl^ 
greaceft  pare  of  the  Dukes  Eevenuesi  being  very 
conHderable- 

Asforchis  Cicy  icis  feated  ifi  a  fruitful  jl^lain, 
yrhh  commodious  AveiKws,  being  fomewhat  long 
is  farm  from  North  to  South,  and  is  defended 
with  two  Towers  thac  ftand  inward  to  che  Sea,  for 
the  guard  of  the  Hareh,  chat  for  great  Shipa  lying 
finrther  into  the  Sea,  than  thac  for  Galliesand  kikr 
vriiich  ii  (hckcred  by  a  Wall  drawn  almoft 

round 


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round  it ;  and  here  it  is  the  EttiH/h  Merchants  trad« 
|ing  to  Italy  have  their  Lading,     v    -  ^  "^ 

The  Dukedom  of  Milain  DefcriM,  &c*  . 

H  E  Dutchy  of  Mlatne^  is  very  pleafantry 
fcated,  in  tlie  Country  of  Lumbarcfyy  amongfl 
fruitful  Plains,  and  little  rifing  Hills )   and 
icld  the  moft  defirable  Place  of  thefc  Couritrys.  Ij 

Ics  chief  City  is  i^f/rtw.  Anciently  Mediolah^my 

rhkh  though  fo  often  ruined,  as  having  been  taken 

lolefs  than  Twenty  times,  andbchged  Forty,  has 

\i\l  rife  out  of  its  Aihes,  more  fair  and  fplendid  than 

It  firft,  being  now  accounted  the  grcateft  City  of 

\ombnrdy  \  feated  in  a  large  Plain,  and  incompailed 

fv\\  Rivers,  drongly  guarded  with  a  fpacious  and 

7eir  fortified  Caftie,  and  other  extraordinary  For* 

tifications.    As  for  the  Biilding,   it  is  very  Aately 

ind  magnificent  s  but  the  mole  remarkable    are 

"aftles  or  Cittadels,  theHofpital  orX/q^^trme;  the 

3achedral  or  Dome:  beiides  there  are  ^6  Monaftries, 

|o  Convents  of  Fryers  of  fundry  Orders^   96  Paro- 

lial,  and  1 1  Collegace  Churches,  mod  of  which 

b  beautified  and  adorned  with  Tmag&s,  Paintings^ 

ru-^tures;  there  is  moreover,  a  Cabinet  of  ex*^ 

*€ding  Rarieties,  not  to  be  paralelied,    as  report 

)cs,  in  any  place.   The  City  in  circuit  is  accounted 

fen  milis,  very  populous,  imagined  to  contain 

(ooooo^oulsj  the  Inhabitants  mofWy  Rich,  as  very 

luch  Trading  in  Merehandice,  efpecially  Silks, 

rIoves,rRibbons,  fyc,  from  whence  our  Mitlinary 

^^are-men  derive  the  Denomination  of  their  Trades 

he  City  being  much  Traded  to  from  France^  Spah^ 

ind  all  parts  of  lufy. 

k%  for  other  places  of  note  in  this  Jurifdidion, 
^hey  are  principally  Pavia^  Pafia^  made  a  Univerfity 

Charles  the  ly.  guarded  by  a  ftrong  CafUe,  and' 
in  it  a  fair  Cathedral  Churchy    fuppofed  the 

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richeft  of  Revenue  in  Italy^  viz.  300000  Crownl 
per.  Ann*  And  near  this  place,  King  Franck  the 
firftof  France^  was  overthrown  in  a  great  BattlcJ 
and  taken  Prifoner  by  Lanoy  the  Duke  of  Burbml 
and  others,  commanding  for  CW/ej  the  V.  Alexan] 
dria  or  AleffandrUy  the  itrongcft  work  in  the  whole 
Dutchey ;  Cremona,  fcatcdon  the  Banks  of  the  Rivcrf 
Poe^  accommodated  with  a  good  Trade,  ftatclyj 
muildings,  large  Streets,and  pleaiant  Gardens,  noceiT 
for  its  Tower  and  Cathedral  Church.  And  here 
'was  that  V'ttellus  his  Souldiers  were  defeated  bjj 
thofe  of  Vefpatiarty  and  the  Town  fired  by  them.      1 

The  Lakes  found  here  are  Lago^  Magiore^  in  lengtlj 
5^  miles,  and  6  in  breadth,  having  in  it  2  lilands] 
called  the  Boremeans,  fruitful  and  pleafanr,  even  u 
a  wonder,  Lago  Dekoma,  and  Lugani  LacM^  ani 
the  Rivers  are  Olgio  Adde  Lambro,  Tefine^  Sec.  AJ 
for  the  Hills  they  are  of  no  remark. 

The  Ancient  Inhabitants  of  this  Country  were 
the  Infubresy  Conquered  by  the  Romans^  then  bj 
the  Gaids^  and  next  by  the  Umbards^  but  now  the 
Country  is  under  the  protection  of  the  King  ol 
Spainy  who  appoints  a  Governour  to  re  fide  in  Mij\ 
lairiy  where  St.  Ambrofe  once  was  Bifhop. 


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J       Tie  Dutchy  of  Modena  defcribed. 

T^IS  Part,  or  Province  of  Italyj,  contains  the 
City  of  Mndira,  and  Reggio.  with  the  adjoyiJ 
ing  Territories ;  As  for  the  Capital  City  ofModenai 
h  was  known,  and  is  fo  ftill  in  Roman  Hiftory,  by 
the  Name  of  Afutina,  famous  for  the  firft  bloody  batJ 
tie  between  Marcus  Antonm,  and  Augufliff  C4ar  i 
and  is  at  this  day  thcRefidence  of  the  Duke,  whofel 
Pallace,  though  not  appearing  very  large  outwardly] 
is  neverthclefs  very,Famous  and  Magnificent,  by  the 
•ich  Adornments  within  5  his  Cabin  or  Mufeum  be 


Ifig  furniflicd  with  the  choice  of  Natural  Rarities,  j»i 
Jewels,  ^c.  to  ah  extraordinary  Value :  And  here 
\Ofho  tlie  Emperor  flew  himfelf,  upon  his  Arnjy  be-' 
ing  defeated  by  Vitellut..  ' 

As  for  the  Country,  though  it  is  not  large,  'it  ne« 
jverthelefs  is  ver)  fruitful,  and  abounds  withgreac  . 
ftore  of  curious  Fruits,  Corn,  Cattle,  and  orlier 
things  fit  mans  for  Subiiftance,  watefed  Vvitli  many 
fmall  Streams,  and  raoftly  plain,  but  that  whicn 
Ircndcrs  it  more  Famous,  is  its  being  the  Native ' 
[Country  of  our  prcfeiu  Queen  Mary^  Confort  to  his 
[Mofl  Sacred  Majefty,  King  James  the  Second.      ^ 

The  People  of  this  Dukedom  are  faid  to  be  bet- 
[ter  natur'd  than  moft  of  Italy ;  quick  in  their  Rcfo- 
lUtion,  eafie  to  be  pacified  when   wronged,  and 
Friendly  ia  their  Entertainment  of  Strangers,    v 


A  Defcription  of  the  Dukedom  or  Vrinci- 
pality  ^  Parma. 


*♦ 


TH 1 S  country  hath  on  tlie  North  Mantua,  on 
the  5outh  the  Appennine  Mills^  on  tlie  Weft 
iMtUtt^  and  on  the  Eaft  the  Country  of  Modena^ 
[The  chief  City  is  Parmay  feated  on  the  River  Pir- 
wrf,  in  a  Fruitful  Plain,  being  about  4  miles  in 
kompals^  adorned  with  many  Rich  and  Stately 
pru<^turcs,  well  Peopled,  and  much  frequented  by 
pentry,  greatly  Addi^ed  to  Learning,  Arcs  and 
[Arms  j  the  adjoyning  Plains  produce  excellent  Pa- 
iilurage,  which  feed  abundance  of  Sheep,  of  whofe 
Milk  is  made  the  Parmafan  Cheefe,  fo  much  in  c- 
Aecm  in  all  Countries;  and  here  the  Duke's  Pallace 
is  feated,  where  he  holds  a  Court  in  great  State:  as 
for  the  Churches  they  are  beautified,  and  rarely  im- 
bcllifhed  with  Piftures  and  Images. 

Placenra ox Placentiai's,  the  fecond  City,  fdmout 
m  the  Refiflance  it  madeagainft  Hanmhdl^  and  h  §• 


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Brother  AfJruhaly  upon  their  cutting  their  way 
through  the  Alps,  and  Invading  /r^/r ;  and  now  as 
much  cftcecmed  for  the  Pairs  and  Marts  kept  here» 
to  which  the  Merchants  and  others  refort  from  the 
Neighbouring  Country  to  make  tlieir  Exchanges : 
The  Principal  River  is  Trebia^  where  ^he  Romans 
Fatal  Battle  were  overthrown  hy  the  Carth^' 


in  a 


lemans^  and  40000  of  them  compuced  to  be  flain  y 
and  near  to  Placentia  xc  many  Salt- pics  and  Mines 
of  Iron. 

^j4  defcription  of  tht^  Dukedom  cf  Mantoua. 

,>Tp  H  E  Dukedom  of  MantmA  is   a  very  fair 
;    I      Country,  very  plentiful  in  Corn,  Wine,  Cat- 
tle, and  rich  Pstdures,  and  Fruits  of  fundry 
Kinds :  As  for  the  chief  City  that  gives  it  the  Name, 
it  is  Seated  in  a  Lake  of  20  Miles  compafs,  by  Na- 
ture very  Hrong  and  fenciblc,  there  bemg  no  Land 
nccefs  to  it  but  oy  Caufe-ways,  and  in  it  (lands  the 
Dukes  Pallace,  very  fair  and  Aately,  though  he  has 
anothei?  Pallace  for  Pleafure  and  I>elight  exceeding 
tliis,  at  MarmirolUy  five  Miles  from  this  City  ^  As 
for  Afantoua  ir  is  in  a  manner  round,  fave  that  the 
Lake  on  the  Norcli-Eaft  (ides,  enters  it  like  a  half 
Moon :  The  Buildings  are  partly  of  Brick,  and  part- 
ly ©f  Free  Scone,  and  the  Streets  large  and  cfean : 
In  the  midft  is  a  large  Market-place,  where  all 
manner  of  Strangers  are  admitted  to  vend  their 
VVare,  though  the  grcateft  Traffick  is  in  the  hands 
of  the  Jews^  who  grow  Rich  by  the  Impoverifh^ 
ment  of  the  Citizens,  and  is  in  compafs  4  Miles, 
having  8  Gates,  and  ftrengchened  by  a  good  Wall. 
This  City  is  ofantient  (landing,  and  contains  about 
50000  People,  and  has  often  been  brought  into  Di- 
firefs  by  the  Germans,  efpecially  in  the  Year  itf  19' 
and  1630.    As  for  the  Dukes  Revenue,  it  is  count- 

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400000  Crowns  per  Annum,  tliovigh  many  vjUV 
>t  credit  it,  feeing  feme  few  Years  fince,4iemadc 
rer  part  of  his  Dutchy  to  the  French  King,  for  a 
mfiaerable  Sum  of  Money -,  and  here  it  is  held 
ilawful  to  wear  a  Sword,  or  any  other  Weapon 
chout  Lifence ;  and  in  this  City  the  Famous  Kir- 
had  his  Birth,  as  by  his  Ecchgus  appears,  iyc 
id  to  this  Dukedom  partly  appertains  the  Dukedom 
'  Mmtf erratum  the  South-Eafi  of  Fiemont^d  other 
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The  Dukedom  of  Urbin  defcrihcd:  ^  ''i 

H  E  Dukedom  of  Vrhin  may  be  faid  to  lie 
within  the  Territories  of  the  Church, 
bounded  on  t#*e  North  with  the  /Idriaticl^ 
the  South  with  the  Apennine  Hills,  on  the  Weft 
Romagna^ox  Ruma-ai^la,  and  on  the  £aA  witii 
^arca  Aconitaniay   being  in  length  Sixty  ,  and  in 
eadch  Thirty  five  Miles,  and  is  accounted  to  con- 
Two  hundred  Caftles,  and  Seven  Principal 
wns,  the  chief  is  Vrbin  fcated  at  tfie  bottom  of 
|je  Apennine  Hills,  and  built  in  the  falliion  of  a  Mi- 
^r.    The  next  to  it  Pifauroy  containing  an  exce\- 
t  Haven,  for  the  Reception  of  confiderable  Vef- 
5;  and  a  Third  hBelforto^  more  inward,  andfup* 
fed  to  be  in  the  middle  of  the  Country:   The 
icfof  theCaO^cs  are,  the  Rocks  of  St.  Leo^  and 
rivoh  y  and  at  VrbWf  Folidorus  Virgil  was  born, 
ho  being  a  Colleftor  (^  Piter  Pence  in  England  for 
e  Pope,    w;ctc  a  Hl^lory  of  the  many  remarka- 
c  Tran factions  of  our  Countr)',   and  is  quoted  by 
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THE  Eflatc'of  Genody  formerly  contained 
large  part  of  Itdy^   and  were  accounted! 
the  moft  expert  in  Navigation  of  all  Eu-j 
tope,  but  of  late,  through  the  many  Wars  they 
have  maintained  againft  the  Venetians^  and  other 
neighbouring  Princes,   their  own  Inteftine  Broils, 
and  their  ncgle»ft  of.  Navigation  and  Traffick,  they! 
are  greatly  reduced,  holding  little  more  than  Lu\ 
gma  and  Corfica :  The  firft  of  thefe  has  on  the  Eaft 
the  River  Varus^  on  the  Weft  parted  from  75(/crf/|yj 
by  the  Magura^  on  the  North  the  Apemine  Hills,  and] 
on  the  South  the  Ligurian  or  Tynman  Seas. 
As  for  the  City  of  Genoa,  it  is  feated  on  the  (ide;,^ 
of  fmall  rifing  Hills,tho'  behind  it-^are  t^hofe  of ,  '' 
ter  height,  lying  open  on  the  South  fide  to  the  ^t^M 
where  ir  has  a  goodly  Haven,  in  the  form  of  a  Cre-f 
fant  or  half  Moon,  upon  the  Horn  whereof,  toward;! 
the  Eaft,  is  the  Sea  iBank  lamola^  about  600  paces 
in  Ic<»gth,  keeping  off  the  Waves  that  beat  upon! 
the  City  on  the  Eaft  fide  ^  and  in  the  middle  of  this] 
^ank  is  a  Fort  built  to  defend  the  Navy  that  mayl 
Anchor  there,  fo  that  the  circuit  of  this  City  is! 
accounted  Eight  miles,  and  thoufh  the  Streets  arcl 
narrow,  yet  die  Palaces  of  the  Dey^  and  Houfes  on 
the  Senators,  are  very  ftately ;   nor  are  their  Walls] 
lefs  ftrengthned  with  Bu^J-warks,  and  other  Forti* 
fications.     The  Houles  in  the  High-ftreets  are  Four! 
Stories, and  many  Five,  the  Windows  beingGIazed,! 
which  isnotufual  in  Italy,  many  of  them  built  off 
Marble,  but  all  of  Frceftone:  The  Streets  paved' 
with  I* line,  and  the  Suburbs  full  of  Gardens  and 
Houi>s  of  the  Nobility  and  Genrr}'.    As  for  the  I 
People,   they  arc  Maucrs  of  otiicr  Cities,  as  Noli] 


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Saraxena^  and  Snvon^   being  noble  minded  and  ge- 
nerous in  all  their  Adions,   formerly  much  inclmcd 
to  War  and  fearch  of  Adventures  i  infomuch  that 
they  afllftcd,  wriagreac  Fle^  in  the  Holy  War, 
[and  taking ot  /(frwjJi/fm by  the Chriflian  Army,  and 
[aided  Phillip  tiic  French  King  with  loooo  Men,   a- 
gainfl  Edward  the  Third  of  England^  where  in  one 
[Battle  they  were  moft  of  them  ilaiii.    They  Aided 
likewife  i\\c  Spaniards  in  1588  to  Invade  England^ 
jwith  feveral  great  Carrads  and  Galleys  \  which  were 
kirher  loft  upon  the  Coafl,  or  caft  anay  in  their 
[Flight  homeward,  which  lofs  they  have  never  h nee 
full)  recovered  ;  yet  they  lately  made  a  ftout  De- 
fence again  A  the  Naval  Power  of  ftace^    which 
Icould  etted  no  more,  than  beating  down  feme  pare 
[of  their  City,  by  Bombing  it  at  a  diHance,  as  being 
|Vvell  allured  tliey  had  no  Fleet  capable  of  Engaging. 
The  Country  abounds  in  all  the  Plenties  of  Italy^ 
[and  here  only  the  Women  have  the  greateft  Free- 
lom,    without  the  Jelofie    or  Sufpicion  of  their 
Tusbandsof  any  Italians  j  and  as  a  further  Honouf 
to  this  place,  it  gave  Birth  to  Chrijhpher  Columbu^\ 
:!ie  firft  Difcovererof  the  New  World  or  Country 


V      >        r    .' 


The  State  ofLvQCZ  Tiefmbed^  - 

'^Uc  State  oducea  is  held  to  be  fcituatc  within 
..^       the  Dukedom  of  ri//c4wy  or  F/ore«ce,  com^ 

^-     prehending  the  Towa  and  Terretoijf  o£ 

.Hcca, 

As  for  Lucca^  it  is  feated  in  a  fruitful  Plain, 
irongly  foi  fied  with  a  good  Wall,  and  incompaf- 
fed  widi  plea  fan  t  Trees,  fo  that  at  a  diftance  it 
feems  to  ftand  in  a  Wood,  and  the  Plain  wherein  ic 

feated,  is  invironed  with  Mountains  or  large  Hills, 
>y  Tcpt  towards  PifloUy  where  it  opens  to  the  Sea, 
\%iid  »s  three  mUcs  in  coiP/Kfij  as  for  the  Streets, 


»  <s 


they  arc  narrow  and  paved  with  broad  Frccftone, 
and  in  it  arc  m«ny  Palaces,  and  Merchants  Houfes, 
curious  builc  of  Free-ftone,  according  to  other 
Building  in  Palyf  andwas  formerly  a  place  of  great 
Trade  for  Silks,  Scuffs,  Carpets,  Cloth  of  Gold,  and 
the  like  j  there  being  a  great  concourfeof  Mer- 
chants, caird  Lkccois  Merchants,  that  were  wont 
to  meet  there  at  feveral  Fairs  or  Marts,  held  for 
that  purpofe,  but  of  late  the  Trade  is  declined  : 
I'.ovvever  the  Inhabitants  inrich  themfdves  by  their 
Manufadure,  which  they  fend  to  other  places  of 
greater  Trade.  And  here  there  is  a  (Irid  Law, 
that  no  Pcrfou  fhall  wear  any  Weapon,  ro  not  a 
Knife,  v^f^.O^  it  be  blunted  ^  the  People  being  gene 
rally  vcfj  ^irtcous  to  Strangers.  And  thus  much 
for  wliat  niay  be  properly  calPd  Italjiy  which  taken 
in  general,  is  one  of  the  mod  fruitful  and  pleafant 
Countrys  of  the  World,  of  which  Europe  being 
call'd  the  Head,  this  is  accounted  the  Face.  But  for 
brevity  fake  I  muft  defift  any  further  Comment, 
and  proceed  to  other  parts  adjoyning. 

n>2  DukeJom  cf  Lorraln  Xiefcrihed. 

TH  IS  Country  is  Invironed  with  a  part  of 
Belgium^  Alfatiay  the  Coumty  ofBuram J) 
and  Campaign^  and  is  about  180  \mc%  in 
compafs,  exceeding  Fruitful  in  Corn,  Wine,  Hore 
of  Cattle,  but  efpecially  Horfes  of  an  Excellent 
Breed  -,  the  Rivers  and  takes  abounding  with  Fifh, 
and  the  Soil  with  rich  Mines  .*  The  chief  Town  is 
Kancf^  fc;ated  upon  the  River  M^ufe^  and  in  it  the 
Ducal  Pallacc,  much  refoned  to  for  Wines,  Bran- 
dies, 4nd  other  Commodities',  the  Buildings  are 
▼cry  (lately  and  commodious,  mof)  of  them  of 
Stone,  and  well  fortified  with  a  Wall  of  great 
Strength :    The  next  to  thi»  are  St«  fiicholat,  and 


V         .•^:..V  C37) 

VancokM  very  ftrong  and  well  Gari(bned  by  the 
French  into  whofc  hands  the  Country  fell,  in  the 
Reign  of  King  Lervit  the  13.  though  the  prefenc 
DukeofLir^if/i  now  warring  in  Hungary ^  is  onaH 
hands  concluded  to  be  the  rightful  Prince.  Ai  for 
the  manners  and  Cuftoms  ofthe  people  they  arc  a 
fnixtv**e  oCGerman}  and  France,  as  being  feated  be- 
tween thofe  Countries,  &c,       r 

J^tf  Dukedom  of  Javoy,  and  Country  of 
Pcimont  Defiribed,  SiCC. 

AS  for  Savoy  f  itisavery  Mbuntainotfi'Coutitry 
bounded  by  the  Daupbener^  Brtfs^  Smt^ier* 
kndy  Pcimont  and  the  Alps  -,  the  Ant\ent  Inhabi- 
tants were  the  i4/Mrd^ej,  who  fubmitted  to  ffambaf^ 
when  he  entered  Italy  with  his  Carthanmans  tot 
War  againd  the  Romans ;  at  what  time  Bruncim  and 
his  Brother  being  at  variance  about  the  Succeflion 
to  the  Kingdom,  he  reconciled  them  ,  afcerwardif 
vfjtsm^dtz  Roman  Province,  and  was  called  from 
one  of  the  Kings  that  then  Reigned  being  a  Favorite 
to  AugHftus  C^aty  Alpes  CoBU  'j  but  in  the  declining 
ofthe  Roman  Empire,  it  became  a  part  ofthe  King» 
dom  ofBurgundy^  and  pafled  with  other  rights  of 
the  Empire  to  Germany ',  but  now  is  independent 
under  a  Duke,  who  is  (bveraign  Lord  ofthe  Cowor 
try.  ' 

The  Chief  Towns  of  SavtJijf  are  ChmbierSy  Scitu- 
atein  t  pleafant  Valley  amongfl  Mountains,  and  is 
graced  with  a  fiucal  Pallace  and  many  Aately  build- 
ings ofthe  Nobles,  who  arc  for  the  moft  part  very 
Gentile,  AAive  and  Airy,  though  the  Country  peo- 
ple on  the  contrary  «re  verv  Tmbicil  and  Slugifh. 
JkransaipSy  an  ArcnKEpifeopal  See,  Scituate  amongd 

Monouips  as>  die  formeri  full  of  pleafant  build- 
ing: 


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ifkgss    AinahUti  Mawridune  another  Arch-Epifco^ 
pd  Sec. 

Under  the  power  and  Jurfdiftion  of  the  Suvonian 
Duke,  it  is  jPe/mwif  unlcfsa  fmall  part  of  it  claim- 
ed by  the  Puke  of  Mantoua^  feaced  at  the  Foot  of 
the  Mountains,  and  bounded  on  the  Eafl  with  Mi'^ 
Im^  on  the.Weft  with  Savoy^  on  the  North  with 
Switxer-land^  and  on  the  South  with  the. Mediter* 
ranean^  being  more  fertile  than  the  other  *,  contain* 
ing  52  Earldoms,  and  1$  Marquefats,  befides  Bar- 
ronies  and  Lordfhips-*,and  here  dwell  the  progeny  of 
the  Albiienfesy  who  about  they earM  100  ftood,  for 
the  Liberty  and  Doftrineof  theChurch  of  their  Pre- 
d^effors  and  about  the  year  1 2  50,  were.near  all  de- 
ftroyed  and  ruined  by  the  Popes  and  French  Kings  > 
when  the  remainder  prefering  their  Concience  bcr 
fore  tlieir  Country,  retired  up  into  the  Mountains, 
and  by  their  Induftry  and  Indefatigable  Husbandry, 
made  the  very  Rocks  bring  forth  Grafs  and  Herbage 
for  themfelves  and  their  Cattle,  fyc,  and  here 
they  worfhipcd  God,  according  to  the  Worfhip  of 
rhe  reformed  Churches ;  greatly  increafmg  in  num. 
ber,  as  being  followed  with  bleflings,  until  1  the 
latter  end  of  the  Reign  of  Franck  the  firfl:, 
at  what  time  happened  the  Maflacre  of  Merinta'* 
num^  or  Mmgmn  Gallv  and  Chabriers^  and  in  the 
year  1662  and  1653,  they  were  again  perfecut* 
ed  by  the  Savoiard^  and  fince  that  in  the  year  1^84 
we  had  a  Mellancholy  account  of  their  treatment : 
and  although  there  are  many  good  Towns  under 
the  Government  of  Savoy  j  yet  the  Duke  chiefly 
reiides  at  the  City  Turin  Scituate  on  the  River  Fa 
and  is  the  feat  of  an  Arch-Bilhop  and  a  llmverfity^ 
where  Erajmus  took  his  degree^  and  for  Scituaiion  is 
accounted  one  of  the  plefanccfl  in  Enrope^ 


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fie  SeigHory  0/  Geneva^  md  the  Alpl 
•     r    .  DtfiribeJ.  ,  . 

G£»r£Ki4  is  wkh'm  the  Limits  of  thcDukc*^ 
dom  of  5^i;ojj,  the  whole  Seignory  not  exceed- 
ing Eight  Leagues  in  compafsyScituace  on  the  Lake 
Lemanw^  and  devidcd  into  tw^  parts  by  the  Ri- 
ver Rofne.  The  City  ftrongly  walled  and  fortified, 
as  being  the  head  of  a  Free  ftate^  containing  a 
flourifhing  Univierfity,  Governed  by  a  Connraon 
Courcil,  or  200  of  the  chief  Burgher?,  four  of 
which  are  called  Sindiques :  As  for  the  Church 
Government  it  is  compofed  of  Lay-men,  Elders, 
and  Minifters  founded  oy  John  Calvin  1541.  and 
although  this  City  has  been  befeiged  by  the  Duke 
oi  Savoy ^  and  others  who  have  undertaken  to  re- 
duce it,yetit  has  manfully  defended  itfelfagainfl  all 
Invasions  j  and  as  for  the  revenue  it  is  reckoned 
doooo  Crowns  per  anmm.  The  building  is  gene- 
rally of  Free-ftone,  and  the  North  fide  of  the  City 
lies  clofe  to  the  South  fide  of  the  Lake,  where  is  z 
fittlc  Haven  for  Gallies,  built  to  keep  free  paflage  on 
the  Lake,  defended  by  a  fbong  Fort  s  a  River  Iffq- 
ing  from  the  Lake  runs  through  the  lower  part  of 
the  City,  and  is  pafled  by  two  commodious  Bridges. 
And  although  it  is  a  Receptacle  for  all  manner  of 
Religions,  and  people  that  fly  from  Perfecution, 
yet  fuch  is  the  Law,  that  even  a  Malefaftor  ib  Con- 
demned there  for  a  Crime  committed  in  his  own 
Country » if  proved  againfl  him,  and  Adultry  punift- 
able  with  death  ^  Fornication  the  fir  ft  time  with  9 
days  fafting  or  living  with  Bread  and  Water  in 
Prifon  s  thefccond  time  with  Whipping,  and  the 
third  with  banifhment  s  notwithftanding  which  and 
although  the  Women  be  jncre  referved  herethan  in 


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any  other  place,  thbfe  Afbirs  go  forward  in  pri- 
vate 

This  Signory  abounds  with  all  manner  of  Fruits, 
great  (lore  of  Fifh  5  and  is  mueh  Traded  to  efpc- 
cialiyby  the /m/w/i  Merchants  for  Velvets,  TafTatas, 
Mufquet  Barrels,  and  Calevers,  &c. 

The  Alps  are  the  greateft  Ridge  of  Mountains  in 
Europe^  parting  Germany^  France^  and  Itdly,  and  in 
fome  places  require  five  days  to  afcend  them.  There 
being  five  panages  through  them  into  Italy^  viz^ 
3  out  of  France  and  2  out  of  Gerwrffl^.    The  i  from 
France'^  through   Provence^  clofc  upon  the  TJr- 
renian  Seas,  through  Liguria^  being  the  £a(iefl  v 
the  3  through  the  Hill  Geneura^  into  the  Marque- 
fat  of  Zalut^s^  and  fo  into  Lumbar dy  :    The  third 
hover  the  Mount  C^^  and  through  the  Conntiy 
ofTNTW*    As  forthofe  out  of  Germany^  the  firA  is 
through  the  Country  of  the  Grijfonsy  by  the  Province 
of  ValtoUne\  thelaft  through  the  County  oiTirol^ 
Bear  to  the  Towns  cifufpur^  and  trent ;  and  as  for 
fhefe  Mountains,  they  are  in  many  parts  very  fruit- 
ful 'j  divers  Villages  and  Towns,  being  Scituate  on 
them,  though  moflly  barren,  and  in  many  places 
the  Snow  ajtid  Froft  continues  all  the  year,  without 
the  Suns  haVing  power  to  diflblve  it,  by  jreafon  the 
a(fcnt  is  fo  hear  the  cold  Region  ^  and  through  part 
of  chem  Hanibal  cut^  diffolving,  or  foolening  the 
Rocks  with  Fire  and  Vinegar,  v/hcn  he  broke  un- 
cicpeAedly  into  Italy  and  defeated  the  Roman  Ar- 
my*, and  indeed  in  fome  f^aces  they  are  dreadfdl 
even  to  look  on. 


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l&e  Defcriftim  of  the  County  ofKoviMon 
and  Catalonia. 

OufilUnbv  the  French  Included  bnwccn  the 
,  branches  o(  the  Pneenean  Mountains  if  we  be- 
^n  at  Mouac  Cavoy  the  one  extending  to  Colibn 
id  C.deCreux  a  Promontary,  that  is  the  furtheft 
Dint  Eaftof  C4rf4/tf«w  \  as  for  the  other  it  paflcs 
[nto  Salfm^  and  as  for  the  places  of  note,  they  are 
^erptinarty  Pm^mnums  ^nclFer^iwwnww  built  out  of 
le  ruins  o^Rufcinum,  by  Guinard  Earl  o(  Roujjillon^ 
rcituatc  upon  the  banks  of  the  River  Tbdk  or  Tk^ 
ir,  in  a  plcafaiff  fruitful  plain,  (^^c.    A  rich  and 
lourifhit^  Emporie,  and  a  (Irong  hold  aninft  the 
hench,  till  the  year  1644  ^  andoffuchcftccmWas 
his  little  Country  in  former  timcs»that  it  was  pawned 
[y /o^n  King  of  i4r4^»«  in  i/[62ytoLtwk  the  1  if^.of 
ranee  (or  gooooo  Crowns,  and  rcftored  to  Ferde" 
tnd   the  Catholick,  by   Chartes  the  Eight,  that 
[e  might  not  be  direrted  from  the  Conqueft  of 
Xiiples,  and  abounds  with  plenty:  tf^* 
Catahm,  or  as  the  French  call  it^  CaftdhgtiUhi 
)yns  to  the  Country  of  A(w/P/Awi,  is  accounted  170 
alian  Miles  in  length,  and  in  breadth  1^0,  and 
rid  to  contain  the  Dukedom  ofCardona^  3  Mar- 
[uefates,  1 1  Earldoms,  divers  Barronies  and  Lord- 
hips,  and  45  Cities  or  walled  Towns,  and  dooooo 
phabitantsj  amongft  which  fin  the  time  of  B&fe- 
iw)  were  loooo  French  Shepherds  and  Husbandfr 
jjaen.    As  for  the  Country,  fome  Authors  inform 
Is,  that  it  is  generally  Hilly»  and  full  of  Woods, 
ielding  but  fmall  (lore  of  Corn,  Wine,  and  Fruits  v 
hough  others  fpeak  more  favourably  of  it,  and  af» 
irm,  it  affords  plenty  of  Corn,  Wine,  and  Oyr> 
hough  indeed  it  is  moflly  inriched  by  its  Maritime 
situation,    , 

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The  chief  Town  is  Bracelonia  ftatcd  upon  the 
Mditerraman  Sea,  between  the  Rivers  Bfjow  and 
Rkbruat  or  Lebrecat^  and  is  a  rich  noted  Port  much 
Traded  to  ;  The  buildings  are  rcry  ftately,  and 
contain  a  Bifiiops  Sccj  an  Academy,  and  fun- 
dry  other  advantages  of  Gardens  and  pleafant 
places  that  render  it  delightful  and  well  Inha« 
nitedf  i  ?«  r . 

A  Vefcriftion  of  Belgium^  nr  the  NcK 

TH  E  Tr3<a  now  called  Befeww  or  the  ffeither-^ 
land<^'n  bounded  on  the  Eafl  with  Weflphalia^ 
fiulk\^  Ckvty  trier '^  and  the  Province?  of  the 
higher  Germany^  on  the  Wcfl  with  the  main  Ocean, 
ifvhich  divides  it  from  Brittatn^  (fy'c*  on  the  North 
witli  the  River  Ems,  which  fw rts  ir  from  Eid  FrieT^ 
land,  and  on  the  South  with  Picardy  atid  Campaj^fiy 
two  French  Provinces,  and  upon  the  Sourh-Eaft 
with  the  I>ukedom  of  Lorain  j  and  as  for  the  Coun- 
try  in  its  prdent  Eftacc,  it  is  divided  into  17  Pro- 
vinces, i/i:^.  The  Dukedoms  oiLimburg,  Lnxenburg^ 
Gelderhnd^Brabantj  the  Marquifare  of  the  Holy  Em- 
pire,  the  Earldoms  of  Flanders ,  Artois^  Hatnaulr^ 
Kamurre^  Zutphan,  Holland,  Zealand,  the  Parronies 
of  Weft  FrUzland,  Vtrecht^  Overyfel^  Machlyn  ^ 
and  Groping^  or  Grmngen^  ar^d  of  thefe  in  theij; 
Order* 


Limhurg.  "   •  ^ 

TH E  Dukedom  ofLimburg  is  plcafantly  fci- 
tuate,  and  a  very  fruitful  Province,  hav» 
ing  the  Famous  City  of  Maflreich^fo  late- 
ly renowned  for  its  Sieges,  as  its  Capitol,  though 

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tlieBiflioprickofle/^tf  is  its  appendent,  in  which 
is  the  City  of  Letgi^  the  Bifhop  Regents  ufual  Re(i- 
dence,  the  Sec  ac  prcfent  vacant  by  the  Death  of 
the  late  Bifliop,  and  hath  under  it  $2  Barronies, 
and  in  it  a  Univerfity,  where  at  one  time  ("if  the 
Story  may  be  credited  )  Studied  9  Sons  of  Kings, 
the  Sons  of  24  Dukes,  and  ^  Earls  5  it  being  com- 
modioufly  and  healthfully  fciruate  on  the  River 
Meufe  j  the  Buildings  very  bir  and  fpacious,  and  is 
accommodated  with  divers  Monafterics  and  AV>ies, 
the  whole  Bifhoprick  containing  24  walled  Towns, 
and  1800  Villages  j  as  alfo  the  EaOern  part,  pro* 
perly  termed  a  part  of  the  Dutchy  of  L'vnbHYg^conr 
tains  5  walled  Towns,  and  2^  Villages,  where 
Limburg  ("that  gives  the  Province  Name^  is  plea* 
fantly  fcituate  on  the  River  Wefa  or  Wefel^  or  We* 
farj  and  from  this  Fertile  Country,  abounding 
vath  whatever  is  neceflary  for  the  Support  of  Hu- 
mane Life,  is  found  that  Stone  fo  much  ufcd  in  pub* 
Ikkf  c^lcdLafis  Calaminariu^ 


Luxemhurg. 

LVxemhurg  is  ano*'her  Province  of  the  LoyfCom^ 
tries^  having  Limburg  for  its  boundard  on  the 
North ,  Lorain  on  the  South ,  the  Bifhoprick  of 
Triers  on  the  Eaft,  and  the  River  Meu\e  on  the 
Weft,  and  is  accounted  iit  circumference  240 
Miles>  containing  23  walled  Towns,  and  ii(59  Vil- 
lages of  the  former,  of  which  Luxemburg  fcituate 
on  the  River  ii/wrfw/,  Danvillees  and  Boftonaki  are 
chief;  The  upper  part  of  this  Dukedom  is  general- 
ly Inhabited  by  Germans^  but  the  Fr^c>  poffeft 
moft  of  the  lower  part,  and  indeed  they  fpeak. 
eitlier  Languages  in  moft  of  the  Villages,  and  ia 
ijiaimcrs  parcjcipate  of  both  Nations  j  andbordcr- 


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ing  upon  this  Dukedom  ii  the  Famous  Forrefl  of 
Ardena^  formerly  accounted  the  greateft  in  Europe^ 
as  being  ^oo  Miles  in  compals,  confiding  moAIy  of 
Chefl-nuc  Trees,  but  now  burnt,  and  othcrways 
dcftroycd  to  the  circumference  of  po  Miles,  and 
near  it  are  found  the  Sfaw  Baths^  fo  much  frequent* 
ed  by  divers  Nations  for  the  rcftoring  them  to 
Health,  by  removing  fundrv  MalJadies  and  Difeafes ; 
and  in  this  Region  are  held  to  be  7  Earldoms,  and 
many  other  petty  Governments-  The  Soil  is  na- 
curally  Fruitful  and  Pleafant  by  Scituation. 


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Brahant. 


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BKdhant  has  for  its  boundard  on  the  Sbutb-^aft 
and  North,  the  River  Meufe^  on  the  W^frthc 
Sehaldy  or  the  ScUde  •,  ir  knj>rh  it  is  accoulired  70 
Miles,  and  in  breadth  do,  containing  2i  walled 
Towns,  and  700  Villages;  the  principal  of  the 
former  being  Loioine,  a  ( ity  6  miles  in  compafs, 
incloiing  be^de  the  flatrly  Building,  pleafant  HillS) 
Valleys,  Meadows,  Fragrant  Gardens,  and  is  a  no- 
ted Univenity,  confifling  of  20  ftately  Colledges. 
The  nex  i  of  note  is  Bruxeiles^  or  BruffeU^  the  ufu- 
al  feat  of  the  Governor,  for  the  King  oispain^  plea^ 
fantly  feared  and  Inviorned  with  Gardens  and  little 
rifeing  Hills ;  and  near  it  is  the  City  of  BergeauprpnCy 
a  garnfoned  place,  fVrongly  fortified  *,  and  here  is 
found  likewife,  the  Town  of  Breday  furprifed  by 
the  Prince  of  Orangey  and  taken  from  the  Spaniards 
by  a  fmall  number  of  Gentlemen,  wtho  came  upon 
it  in  the  night  time,  in  a  Eoat  covered  with  Tur^, 
and  defperatdy  fetting  upon  the  Garrifon  pofTefTed 
themfclves  of  it;  and  yet  more  famous  for  ^he  Trea- 
ty between  his  Late  Ma  jefty  of  England^  and  his  Sub- 
jeds,  whereupon  enfued  his  happy  ReAauration  9 
and  ill  this  fcoyince  is.  contained  the  Marquefate 

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of  the  Empire,  whofe  chief  To^n  or  City  is  Antwerp ^ 
7  Miles  in  impafs,  once  a  famous  Enpori,  or  the 
Scale  of     ..  opfy  by  reafon  of  its  Scituacion  on  the 

River having  two  Marts  ycirly,  and  for  (he 

roorefafe  Refort  of  Strangers,  qualified  with  extra* 
ordinary  Priviledges,and  here  the  Por/«^4//  expoled 
their  Eaft  India  Goods  to  Sale,  and  difperfed  them 
through  Europe^  but  of  late  the  Hollander s  growing 
powerful  at  Sea,  and  great  Traffickers,  have  remo« 
ved  the  Scale  for  the  moA  part  to  Amfierdam. 

■:    V    ;"  Flanders.  -    •     "*:''.J 

THIS  Province  which  amongft  the  vulvar 
paffes  current  for  the  lo,  is  divided  into 
Galicam^  Imperiakniy  and  Tutonicam,   the 
icter  being  feparated  from  the  two  fir/1  by  the  Ri« 
rev  Ley^  where  is  found  the  City  oi  Gaunt ^  the  Birth 
Mace  of  John  Duke  of  Lancafler^  Son  to  Edward  the 
'bird  of  England^  frem  thence  called  John  of  Gaunt  \ 
*d  is  fo  liarge  within  the  Walls,  that  there  is  large 
lures,  and  Corn  Fields,  befides  many  Gardens, 
md  other  pleafant  places,andisCommodiouny  feated 
ipcn  the  River  Schald^  which  devidcs  it  in  many 
)arts  J  fo  that  for  the  conveniency  of  the  Inhabit 
Its  there  are  p8  Bridges:  The  next  tO  this  are  Bru* 
\U  and  Tpresy  walled  and  well  fortified,  and  with- 
the  Jurifdidion  of  the  Province,  are  the  famous 
tea  Ports,  or  Frontier  Towns  itrf"  D«niyr|;,taken  froiA 
xtSpainards  by  the  Valour  df  the  £/i^/l^,  and  fince 
lelivercd  to  the  French:  Sclnfe^  which  has  a  fpaci- 
^us  Haven,  capable  of  containing  500  Sail  of  Ships  ^ 
id  to  thefe  we  mufl  aild  Newport  and  O^ind, 
Imperial  Slanders^  fo  called  for  Diftin^ns  fake, » 
levidedfrom  Brabdnty  by  the  River  Dem/ifr,  and  in 
are  found  the  Towns  ot  Aloft  and  Dendermondy  (ci^ 
lace  very  plcafafttiy  upon  the  Banks  of  that  River 

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with  f/nljf^  a  confidcrable  Town,  indifferently  forti- 
fled,  the  Country  i*.  generaly  fruitful,  and  the 
people  very  thrifty  and  (paring,  (l*yc. 

Gitllicaniy  or  GuUica  Flaniersy  taking  its  Denomi- 
nation from  its  dependency  on  the  French^  or  the 
nearnefs  to  that  Country,  has  for  its  chief  Town, 
IjJJe  or  Lile^a  Town  of  great  Trade,  and  much  Refort* 
wlitre  fundpy  Merchants  have  Warc-Houfes,  and 
feme  pett>'  Fadories ;  the  next  to  it  in  Dignity  is 
Dow^h  much  noted  for  its  Univerfity,  and  the  great 
Reforc  of  moft  ChriAian  Nations  thither  to  fee  the 
curious  Library,  and  other  Rarities ;  and  here  hkc- 
wife  ftands  tornay,  taken  (rom  the  French  by  Kinr; 
Henry  the  Eighth  of  EngUnd^  and  ranfomed  by  the 
Inhabitants  at  looooo  Diicats ,  there  are  moreover 
^2  walled  Towns  of  lefler  note,  and  1 178  Villages, 
within  the  Jurifdiftion  of  this  Province,  adorned 
vrith  ftately  buildings,  and  pleafant  Gardens,  re- 
plenifhed  with  Fountains,  and  pleafant  Streams*, and 
is  in  all  parts  very  Fruitful,  as  lying  low,  and  not 
any  where  incurahreJ  with  Mountains,  from  which 
indeed  the  Provinces  are  generally  free,  fyc^ 

Aft  oh  is  a  very  pleafant  Province,  and  was  once 
iatireiy  French ,  but  now  (as  the  reft  I  liavc  mention 
cd)  under  the  Government  of  the  King  of  5))^n,quit- 
ted  by  h'enry  the  Second  of  France ^  to  Philip  the  Se- 
cond of  Spain^  in  the  League  of  Chambray  j  and  is  j 
faid  to  contain  854  Villages,  and  1 2  Towns  of  note ; 
the  chief  being  Arr^ti^  from  whence  our  Cloath  of  I 
Arras  comes,  and  Lillier;^  The  Principal  Frontier 
Towns  that  oppofes  Piccardie  are  Hedinfort^  Ayre,  Per- 
'  neiy  and  St.  OmerSy  moft  of  thein  very  ftrong  and 
fencible. 

/fiimmlt  is  confidera'^ly  fpacious,  as  being  Sixty 
Miles  in  length,  and  Fourty  Eight  in  breadth,  in 
vwhich  arecompured  9-.0  Viliagt>,  and  24Con(ide- 
rablc  Towns,  as  Afonts  Famous  for  tl^e  ovenhrow  of 
tbc  French  Army,  imdcr  clic  comjnand  of  the  Puke 

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^^Luxembnrg,  hythcDutcb  and  Germans ^  wndcr  the 
command  of  the  Prince  oiOrange^  ((yc.  routed  near 
this  Town  1616.  Valenciens  very  commodioufly 
fbaced)  fo  that  it  cmnot  be  beficged  but  by  a  confi- 
derabk  Army,  divided  into  rhree  parts :  Conie  and 
[Bavaii,  Towns  of  confidcrablc  ftrength,  the  latter 
fuppofed  to  be  built  upon  the  ruins  of  thcantienc 
welgium^  the  Province  in  general  is  very  pleafant  and 
IfruitfuU     '  ^      ;  ■  '■  [-  ^^ 

Namurre  is  very  commodioufly  fcituare,  and  yields 
Ithe  Inhabitants  greJt  Advantages  from  the  Iron  Mines, 
[ind  Marble  Quars ',  asalfo  thofe  of  Free  Stone,  and 
(what  is  indeed  a  wonder  in  nature,  i;i<.  The  Stone 
[Cole  which  is  eKtinguilhed  by  Oyl ,  but  b>irns  the 
[brighter  for  having  Watei  cafl  upon  it  ^  and  here 
[are  found  the  City  Namurre^  giving  name  to  thePro- 
Wince  ni  d\fo  Cburlemont,  Valen^coHrt ^  or  Borni^s^  with 
jabout  182  Villages,  accommodated  with  rich  Pa- 
lilurtrs,  pleafant  Gardens,  with  ilore  of  Fruits  and 
jCattle.  "  - 

Afacbfyrtf  though  it  is  reckoned  tobe  fcjtuate  with- 
in the  circuit  of  the  Province  of  Brnbantj  yet  has  in  it 
[9  Villages,  with  fevcral  Caftlcs  and  Places  of  ftrength, 
MS  its  dependences  being  a  ftrong  Town,  feated  in 
[the  midfl  oi  the  Waters  of  the  River  Do/e,  fo  thac 
kipon  dravvi^i;  up  the  Sluces,  the  Country  about  ic 
[may  be  4rownea ;  and  was  of  fuch  efleem  before 
ic  Wars  with  Spain^  that  it  was  the  feat  of  a  Parlia- 
lent  h  but  now  is  fomewhat  impaired  by  a  fire  thac 
uppened  fome  years  fince,  by  the  blowing  up  of  a 
Mai;a5^ine  of  80c  Barrils  of  Gun-powder.  Thefearc 
thofe  properly  called  the  5p^y?f/^  Provinces  andiVTt^. 
therlamif^  which  were  formerly  free  Eftar-  s,  and 
fnofl  of  them  Independent,  governed  by  tlicir  pro- 
per Princes  and  Magiflrates  *,  but  under  a  claim  of 
rig'it  by  Title,  and  the  more  prevailing  Power  cf  the 
Swordj  wearied  by  War,  they  were  reduced  by  the 
^^Viijh  Iwin^s  part}  of  whofe  ()(pimoQ$  tiicy  are  ac 

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this  day  accounted :  ttowcvcr,  the  7  ccrifederatecii 
Eflaces,  commonly  called  the  United  Provinces,  w:^,! 
Zealand^  HolUrJ^Vtretchy  Guelder landt  Zutphen^  Gn*\ 
ningen^  Over^Tffet^  and  fome  pare  of  Brabant^  and 
Flanders,  have  yet  thofe  Privilcdges  the  former  cn-^ 
joyed,  making  for  their  better  defence  againft  the 
Incroachments  of  their  powerful  Neighbours,  a  ftrift 
League  and  Union  in  the  year  1581.  which  has  ever 
fmce  inviolably  contimiea,  called  now  the  Eflates 
of  thQ  Lon^'Counnies, 

A  Defer ipt ion,  farticutarly  of  the 
-  Low-CountriGS*        - 

ZEatand  or  Seatani,  is  a  Country  (landing  upion 
7  Iflands  Northward  in  the  Sea,  commodiowfly 
(cicuate  for  Shipping,  and  Harbours,  fb  that  it  may 
In  a  manner  bcqucflioned,  whether  the  Inhabitants 
live  on  the  Water  or  on  the  Land,  and  though  it 
confifls  of  7  Iflands  only  ?t  prefenr,  it  formerly  was 
1  $  whereof  8  have  been  fwallowcd  up  by  the  Wavcs^ 
with  their  Towns  and  Cities,  fo  that  We  may  well 
alude. 


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inveniei  fub  AqnU,  &  ad-htic  aujiendere  nauu^ 
Inclinata  folent,  cum  ittMnibm  opida  verft/^  &c» 

The  Waters  hide  thcm,and  the  Saileis  ftiow, 
TheRuined  Waii^jand  Steeples  as  they  Row* 

"rtie  chief  towns  of  this  Province,  arc  kufdlelmrgi 
Famous  for  Traffick,  and  the  Staple  for  French  and 
^panifi  Wines  •,  flufljini^  a  (Irong  and  fortified  Sea 
Tbwn.  All  the  Iflands  arc  fertile,  much  aboundin|{ 
yiiih  Paftures,  Corn,  and  plenty  of  Cattle,  yield* 
ing  a  great  deal  of  Madder^  for  d>ing,  Wooll,  eJra 

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HOLLAND^  (the  chief  of  the  Provinces,  under  th* 
Denomination  of  which  the  reft  are  vulgarly  called, 
and  is  the  moft  powerful  in  Shipping,  and  Navigati- 
on,) comprehends  the  Famous  City  o(  Amjferdam^  by 
which  thetlivcr  T^o' flows  like  a  large  Sea,and  is  one 
of  the  chief  Empories  of  Europe ^  Rotterdam^  Leyden 
anllniverfity,  DoortJ^elphyHarlemfUnd  other  places  oE 
note,  as  the  Ilague^  &c.  the  which,  though  but  an  In^ 
land  Village,  is  much  honoured  by  the  Concourfe, 
reforting  thither,  and  the  frequent  aflembling  of  the 
Inflates  j  and  this,  more  than  any  other  part,  abounds 
with  Woods,efteemed  though  but  fmall,  to  contian 
4ooVillages,and  20  walled  Towns  in  its  Jurifdidion- 

VTRECHT,  another  of  thefe  Provinces  has  five 
Gonfiderable  Towns  in  it,  of  which  Vtrecht,Mont'fort^ 
and  Rheneriy  are  the  principal ;  as  alio  70  Villages, 
many  of  them  very  fair  and  pleafant,  all  well  water- 
ed., and  Accommodated  with  Gardens,  Pafturages, 
and  other  things  neceflary  for  the  ufe  of  Man ;  the 
Province  was  anciently  called  Antonia^  but  fince  cook 
Its  Name  from  a  Ferry  that  was  kept  there,  for  the 
Tranfporcation  of  PafTengersj^c. 

OVER'YSSEL^  another  of  the  Provinces,  is 
memorable  for  the  City  of  Daventree^  won  by  Ao- 
bert  Earl  of  Ldcefler^  an  Englifh  Peer,  in  the  time 
of  Queen  Eltrabeth^  from  tl^  Spaniard,  a  1  deli- 
vered to  the  States,  and  has  befides  1 1  good  Towns 
of  which  CampeneySrpall.  and  Daventree  are  the  chief 
loi  Villages,  and  abounds  with  good  Paftu res,  Med- 
dows.  Corn  and  Cattle,  producing  yearly  an  extra- 
ordinary quantity  of  Butter  andCheefe,  and  the  ra*- 
ther  Fruitful,  as  being  well  watered  by  thefliverTJ- 
ye/,  from  which  it  appears  to  take  its  name. 

ZVTPHEN^  though  it  claims  the  Jurtfdiaion  of 
a  Province,  yet  it  is  no  more  than  a  Town  in  GueU 
derlavdy  free,  and  independent,  before  which  (to 
the  great  Grief  of  alll  good  Men  )  the  Famous  and 
Learned    Sir  Phiip  Sidney^   received  the  Mort«l 

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"wound  of  ^hich  he  dyed,  diou^  tlic  Town^vas 
tiotwithftanding  won  by  his  ConduS  and  Valour,  be* 
Ing  a  very  antienc  Earldom. 

GVELDERLAND  is  a  Dukedom  of  confidierable 
note,  abounding  with  Plenty  of  all  forts  of  Provifi- 
^ns,  and  many  curious  Manufactures,  and  is  held 
to  contain  24  Towns,  and  300  Villages.  The  chief 
"of  the  Towns  being  Nimegen^  feated  on  a  branch  of 
the  River  Rhine^  and  much  noted  for  the  Treaty 
lield  there 5K«r^mo«i/  and  Arnheirtiy  and  is  recounted 
in  Hiftorians  to  take  its  name  from  Geluba^  once  a 
famousTown  Scituate  in  the  Province,  but  now  alto- 
gether ruined  or  reduced  to  a  ftrart  compafs. 

GROINIKG    or  GRONINGEtf^  is  a  Barrony  of  | 
"V^eft  Frie^^land,  (o  large  that  under  its  Jurifdi^on 
it  has  154  Towns  and  Villages,  the  principal  being 
VldHavm  and  Ketkerl^^  aRdboafls  ^(  great  Plenty 
^nd  much  Riches. 

FRIEZLAND  contains  1 1  chief  Towns,  the  mofl 
'Confirferahle  being  Hariingem^  Lewatden ,  and 
Zmchen^  with  about  34$  Villages,  Incompafled  with 
Excellent  Pafiure  grounds,  abounding  in  Herds  of  | 
Cattle,  of  a  more  then  ordinary  bjgnefi,  and  is  in  a  | 
mannerjcvery  where  refrefh'd  wirh  pleafant  Streams} 
and  not  for  from  it  is  the  Ifland  ofScelincl^y  on  the 
Coaft  whereof  the  Fifhing  trade  is  continually  main- 
tained j  and  there  are  found  Dog-Fifh  in  abun- 
dance. 

The  Air  in  thefe,  and  the  other  Provinces,  is  atj 
'    this  dav  very  temperate ;  fo  that,  although  the  Win- 
ters laft  long,  yet  are  rhey  not  exceflive*,  and  as  fori 
tbe*  Summer  it  is  gentle  and  mild,  refembling  the 
Spring,  in  the  more  Southern  Countries  --,  as  for 
the  People  they  are  generally  corpulent,  well  pre* 
f)ortioncd,  and  great  Artifts,  being  Quick  of  Inver- 
tion,  and  very  curious  Artificers-    The  Women  arel 
:.  for  the  moft  part  tolerably  handfome    and  conflantl 
iloufe-wifes  much  in  fiibjedionco  their  Husbands,] 


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and  very  carcfwl  in  the  inanaigcmcnt  of  fuch  Af- 
fairs  as  they  undcrftana ;  They  are  (both  Men  and 
Women  J  frequently  great  drinkers  vnor  do  they 
come  behind  hand,  cfpecially  thofeofthe  7  Prd* 
vinces lad  mentioned, m  eating-,  and  as  for  their 
Warfare  they  are  better  Soldiers,  and  more. for tu^- 
nate  by  Sea  then  Land,  for  indeed  Navigation  is 
in  a  manner  their  greatcjtl  bufinefs  j  many  of  thofe, 
we  properly  call  the  Dutcby  being  born  on  Ship- 
board, and  there  brought  up  ^  their  Parents  hav- 
ing no  LandjHoufes  or  Tenements,  but  live  on  board 
for  the  mod  part,  and  are  fcldom  in  Lodgings  which 
is  all  they  take  care  for,  reijeding  anyfettlementj 
and  thus  much  in  brief  for  the  17  Provinces,  or 
Lower  Germany^  from  whence  I  j^ocec4  10  the 
Higher,  (fire. 

Germany^  properly  fo  caltd^  Dtfcrlhed  m 
/A  Vrovince  and  Principalities. 

GERM  A  NT^  in  which  at  this  day  the  R&fnah 
Empire  has  its  EOablifhment,  4s  bounded  on 
the  Eaft  with  Pruffja^  Poland  and  Buvgary  ,  oil 
the  Weft  with  Be/^f WW  and  Fr^ff^^e,  on  the  North 
with  Denmark^^  and  the  Maki  Sea  called  the  Ger* 
manOcean^  and  on  the  South  with  the  Jf/p/,  and 
isScituate  in  the  Northern  Temperate  Zone,  under 
the  7  and  11  Climates  having  17  hours  and  ahaif 
in  the  longeft  day  Northward,  and  T4and  a  half 
Southward',  the  compafsof this  fpacious  Country, 
being  accounted  26ooEnglifl)  mile?^  held  to  be  ef* 
fedually  cle  largeft  Jin  Europe^  and  in  moft  Parts  is 
exceeding  Fruitful,  the  Air  wholfom  j  and  confc- 
quently  the  Natives  Twere  they  more  tempe- 
rate )  would  be  exceeding  healthful  *,  jiowever 
the  Inhabitants  for  honefty  of  converfation  and 
firmnefs  to  tUcir  Governors,  are  mudi  to  be  ap- 

D   2    -  plajwdcit!^ 


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^lauded;  Variant  they  are,  and  very  deliberate  in 
their  Aftions  j  the  Women  arc  corpulent  and  to- 
lerably handfomc great  breeders,  and  very  fruitful^ 
though  for  the  Vulgar  fort  tliey  are  generally  poor,  • 
notwithftanding  they  are  curious  in  invention,  and 
f)crformance  of  Arts  ;  and  the  World  is  beholding 
fif  we  may  rightly  fc>  term  it^  to  this  Nation  for 
«ne  Invention   of  Prir  ting  and  Gun-powder. 

GERM  ANT  is  exceeding  fertile,  many  parts 
■of  it  abounding  with  Corn,  Wine,  Cattle,  Mine- 
rals, as  Tin,  Copper,  Silver,  and  fome  Gold, 
■Quickfilver,  Linncn  Cloath,  Allom,  and  many  o« 
ther  valuable  Commodities,  and  is  properly  divide 
cd  into  the  upper  and  lower  Germany,  The  firftx)f 
thefe  more  bordering  upon  the  Alps^  may  be  reckon- 
ed to  contain  Auftria^  Bavaria^  Suevia^  Helvetia^ 
Switxer  land  ^nd  Alfatia'y  and  of  thefc  in  their 
«rder,  ^r. 

The  TJffer  Germany  Defcrihed. 

AVSTKIAy  a  Hereditary  Province  of  the  Em- 
pire, or  Arch- Dukedom  of  the  Houfe  oiAu- 
ftrta^  Antiently  Pannma  Superiour,  is  accounted 
themoft  fertile  of  the  Provinces,  in  Corn,  Wine, 
Fifh,  Cattle,  (fyc.  And  Iws  for  its  JMetropoHs,  the 
famous  Citv  of  Vienna^  called  by  the  Dutch  Wienj 
more  noted  for  the  great  overthrow,  the  Turl^s  re- 
ceived before  it,  in  the  year  1683.  after  It  had  fu- 
ilaineda  Siege  of  near  3  months-,  and  is  commo- 
dioufly  Scituate  «pon  the  dividing  of  the  River 
Danube^  antiently  called  Iflery  adorned  with  a 
great  number  of  ftately  Buildings,  and  has  not  only 
frequently  bafledthc  Ottoman  power,  by  putting  a 
flop  to  their  further  incroachment  intediriftendom, 
butisufually  the  Imperial  Refidence,  being  ftrong- 
ly  defended  with  a  Wall,  and  fcveral  Towers :  and 
tinder  the  Jurifdiaion  of  this  Arch-Dukcdcm  are 
,    '  -    ^ ..  ^     '    live 


^he  Provinces  of  Stymy  or  5'^«V-M<rt,  Carinthia^ 
Tyrolis  and  Camola,  The  firfl  Scituate  on  the 
Spurs  of  die  Alps^  yet  confiderably  fruitful,  and 
has  for  its  chief  Towns  Gretis,  Hall  and  Marpurg, 
with  many  pleafant  Villages.  The  fecond  is  con- 
fiderably large,  as  containing  many  good  Towns 
and  Villages  :  Thofe  of  note  being  Spital,  Vm^  and 
Vellachy  with  good  Paftures,  and  fruitful  Plantati- 
ons of  Gardens,  Orchards,  ^. 

The  Third  borders,  or  is  rather  Scituate  on  a 
part  of  thei4//)/,very  montainous,and  but  indifferent- 
ly Fruitful,  yeilding  more  in  Mines  then  in  other 
Commodities ;  yet  contains  the  noted  Towns  of 
Infpurchy  Tyrol  and  Trent,  Co  much  known  by  t\\^ 
Council  that  was  held  there,  in  the  year  1 54^. 
Seated  on  the  banks  of  the  River  Oaefts:  The 
Country  is  in  a  manner  fquarc  •,  as  being72  Miles, 
without  any  confiderable  difference,,  every 
way. 

The  Fourth  is  larger  than  any  of  the  former  as^ 
being  i  $0  miles  in  length,  and  45  in  breadth,  Invi-' 
roned  with  Sclavonia  on  the  Eaf>,  Italy  on  the 
Weft,  Iflria  on  the  South,  and  Carintbia  on  the 
North  5  a  Country,  it  is  very  fruitful,  and  has  in 
it  many  good  Towns  the  principal  being  ^fling  and- 
Nerp  Marcht^  Sdtuite  on  the  Banks  of  the  Rive: 
SavCm 

EaVABJA  is  a  large  Country*  and  has  for  it's 
Boundards  Styna  and  Aujiria  on  the  Eaft,  Ldke  or^ 
the  Weft,  the  Danube  ^nd  \ipzxt  oC Francoma  on 
the  North*  and  Carintbia  together  with  T)rol  on 
the  South  V  and  has  for  its  principal  City  Munich^ 
upon  the  River  Ajfer^  being  the  Dukes  principal 
Seat  ;  Ingplflaclt  on  the  Danube^  comprehendiEg 
an  Univcrfity  Ratisbon,  Paflaw^  DomWy  Saltzburg^- 
and  others  v  and  is  watered  with  the  Rivers  Danube 
and  SaltT^echsLs  piincipalftrcams,  and  with  Rivers  of 
leffer  note  5  and  fo  opulent  is  it,  that  Travellers  af^ 

D  3        s  firni* 


■i:r 


W: 


(Hi 

Strti  ^4  Citie*  and  4^  confidcrablc  Walled  Towns, 
are  found  within  its  circumference,  and  is  fruitful 
in  every  thing  except  Wine,  with  which  it  is  fup- 
plyed  out  of  other  Parts. 

t  SVEVIA  called  by  the  Ditfci5i5'(f&»'*3e»>  is  bounded 
Eaflward  on  Bavaria^  Wcftward  on  the  Danube^ 
Northward  on  Franconia^  and  Southward  on  Tyrol 
and  Retia^  or  the  Country  ofGriffens  vand  has  for  its 
Principal  Towns  Vim  or  Elmusy  Lindairy  a  free  Ci* 
ty  Seated  in  a  Pemnfula^  made  by  the  Lake  Acrmm^ 
Aufpurg^  Ravgnffurgy  Wherlingen  and  No^'lingen  j  moft 
bulk  with  Frec-ftone,  withHoufes  of  an  extraordi- 
nary height,  as  four  and  five  Stories,  and  many 
flately  Pallaoes,  Churches,  (fyc.  The  Country  is  ge- 
nerally well  peopled  and  with  thofe  of  a  good  Com- 
pIexion,talI  and  well  fet  j  the  womenRuddy  andFair, 
and  the  Plains  abound  with  rich  Pafbires,  Cattle 
4nd  Corn  ;  for  Hills  there  are  none  of  confiderable 
note ',  and  the  principal  River  that  pafles  through  it, 
is  the  Danube^  receiving  other  Rivers  into  its 
flream  ',  and  although  Aufpfirg  is  accounted  a  City 
df  this  Province ;  yet  in  it  felf  and  dependencies, 
it  is  a  Marquizat. 

i  HELVETIA^  now  more  vulgarly  known  by  t' e 
i^ame  of  SwitJi^rlatuiM  a  very  Mountainous  Country, 
as  being  pofited  amongft  the  AlpSy  for  the  moil 
partner  fpurs  of  that  mountain,  accounted  the  high- 
c(\  habitable  Region  in  EuropeybQundcd  on  the  6fl 
with  Tyroly  on  the  North  with  Lorain^  on  the  Weft 
with  Fr/j wee,  and  on  the  South  mth  Italy  5  and  is 
at  this  day  cantoned  or  divided  into  19  Diyiiions 
qr  Jurirdi(ftions,  under  a  United  Confederacy  and 
League,  the  better  to  oppofe  the  Invafion  of  any 
powerful  Neighbours  i  andthefc  have  for  their  Ca- 
pitals confiderable  diftind  Cities  and  Countries, 
from  which  they  hold  their  Regulation  5^  as  Ziirkby 
BerneyLucerne.Glaris.Premj.ZHgh^FriburgyBafilySchaf-' 
tafifen^  Apenjel^  SUQturn^  Vaiulenevp  and  Slits -j  bc- 

fidcs 


fides  in  the  Confederacy  is  co»::prehendcd,  the 
City  and  Marqucfat  of  Baden^  and  although  they  are 
divided  in  Matters  of  Religion,  $  being  of  the  Re- 
formed Churcli,  and  the  reft  Roman-CathoUcks, 
yet  that  nukes  no  Separation  in  the  commonlnterefl, 
but  againft  any  oppofcr ,  they  mutually  joyn  their 
Forces. 

As  for  the  length  of  tliefe  Countries  thus  United, 
it  is  accounted  240  miles  and  the  breadth  180 
miles,  and  from  thefe  Mountains  Iflue  the  Famous 
Rivers  F(J,  and  Rhone  or  Rofney  with  others  of  lefler 
note,  which  pafs  through  many  Famous  Kingdoms 
and  ProYinccs;  and  indeed  the  Plains  that  are 
found  aniongfl  the  Mountainous  places,  are  exceed- 
ing Fruitful,  and  produce  many  Cattle,  and  the 
men  are  accounted  the  bed:  Soldiers  in  Europe  *,  and 
for  as  much  as  their  Country  is  poorjthey  much  ad- 
di6t  themfelves  to  the  Sword  j  ferving  for  paj  any 
Prince  that  will  entertain  them ;  whereby  it  ap- 
pears, that  no  lefs  than  one  Million  of  them  l?ave 
falleninfuadry  Battles  within  One  hundred  yeai5 
pad. 

ALSAtIA  is  bounded  on  the  Eaft  w^h  the  Rhine; 
on  the  Weft  with  Lorain^  on  the  North  with  the 
Palaiioatey  and  on  the  South  Helvetia --,  having  for 
i^s  Metropolis  the  famous  City  of  Straihurgy  on 
t\ic  Rhine 't  lately  taken,  orfurprized  by  the  French, 
who  undertook  the  Quarrel  of  rhe  Bifhop  that  lay- 
ed  claim  to  that  Dignity  5  though  indeed  it  has 
been  held  a  free  City  ;  As  for  the  Building,  it  is 
very  (lately,  moftly  of  Free-ftone,  and  contains 
feveral  fair  Churches,  Senate-Houfes  and  Stores ; 
the  Streets,  thougfi  not  very  wide,  are  in  mod  parts 
refrefhed  by  the  Streams  of  Water  that  pafs  through 
them,  and  all  the  Country  about  it  abounds  with 
fruitful  Fields,  Vineyards,  Cattle,  Gardens,  and 
every  thing  that  may  Wtermed  plcafant  and  delight- 
ful, andhas  in  the  circuit  a  confidcrable  number  of 

D  4^.  Towas 


Towns  and  Villages,  and  was  reckoned,  as  is  faid] 
amongA  the  free  Imperial  Cities. 

To  thcfc  in  this  divifion  of  the  Empire,  we  may 
9dd  Rhetiay  or  the  Country  of  the  C^ri/o/ix,  bounded 
on  the  Weil  with  Smt^erland^  on  the  Eaft  with 
Tyrol  ott  the  South  with  Milain^  and  on  the  North 
with  Sne^ia,  lying  half  in  Italy  and  half  in.Germany  > 
fo  that  the  People  for  the  moA  part  are  Familiar 
with  cither  Language,  and  is  a  Region  well  people- 
ed  and  pleafantly  Scituate,  only  fomewhat  Moun- 
tainous. The  chief  Towns  are  Coyra^  not  far  from 
the  Rhine,  Mufocco  and  Bormia  *,  and  in  thefe  parts 
the  Reformed  and  Romifl}  Religion  arc  indifferent- 
ly Praaiced  j  and  thns  much  of  the  upper  or  high«» 


^t. 


The  Lower  Gcrmaaiy  Defcrihed^  in  its. 
^Provinces J  Fret-roivnsy  &C; 

THAT  which  we  properly  term  the  lower 
Germanyy  may  be  conveniently  divided  in- 
to Fr^wcoww,  and  the  appendant  Territo-^ 
ricsjthe  three  Eledorates  of  the  Palatinate^  Branden-' 
burgh  and  Saxony  ,  with  its  dependencies,  Pomera" 
nia^  Afedenburgbi  Brunfwicll ,  Luneburg^  Hajjia^  Eaft 
frie^Iand,  Wcftphaiia,  Cleveland^  IVetteraw  or  Ve* 
travia,  &c.  and  of  rhefc  in  their  order. 

FRANCONIAy  fuppofed  by  fome  to  be  the  firA 
Seat  of  the  Franks  or  French,  has  for  its  boundards, 
on  th.e  Eaft  Saxony  znd  Bohemtay  on  the  Weft  Elfas^ 
on  the  North /^rfjj///,  and  on  the  South  Bavaria-, 
and  contains  many  fair  Cities  within  its  circle  or 
circumference,  as  Bamber,  Weirti(burg^  and  Met^:^  or 
MntT^,  the  Seat  of  a  Bifhop,  and  moreover  has  in  it 
the  Pallace  of  the  chief  Eledoral  Bifhop*,  and  as  for 
the  City,  it  is  commodioufly  feated  upon  pleafant 
racing  Hills,  incompaifed  with  a  Valley  and  fpacious 


PJains,  yielding  great  abundance  of  Corn,  Fruits  and  ■ 
Paftures  s  being  Antiencly  the  Seat  of  a  King,  cal- 
led the  King  of  Ment:^^ :     And  in  the  Province  are 
the  free  Cities  of  Noremburgy  Rotenburghy  and  Franc'^ 
forty  at  the  latter  of  which  the  Ele^rs  of  the  Em- 
pire meet,   as  occafioiv  fcrvcs,  for  the  Eiedion  of* 
the  Emperor  5  aH  three  pleafantly  Seated,  either 
by  the  nature  of  the  Soil,  or  the  induAry  of  the- 
Inhabitants,  well  fortified  and  of  great  concourfe  j- 
there  being  two  of  the  moft  noted  Fairs  in  Europe^ 
held  twice  a  year ,    and  in   one  of   it's  ftreets  ^ 
on  the  Eaft  fide,  the  Jews  are  permitted  to  Trade 
and  Inhabit. 

The  Kingdom  oiBohcmiay  is  an  Atitiencand  Fa** 
mous  Kingdom  4  containing  the  Dukedom  of  5'i/^y/^, 
the  Marquefatesof  I.«/4A/^  and  Moravfa  •,  accounted  «^ 
in.circuic$$o£h^/i/?;  Miles,  beinjgcaft  in  a  manner^ 
round  or  circular,' Walled  with  Mountains  or  large 
Hills,  and  wasonce  held  to  contain  78  Cities,  Ca- 
ftles  and  Walled  Towns,  and  32000  Villages  amt- 
ftately  buildings  of  the  Nobility, 

As  for  the  Soil  ofthh  Kingdom,  it  is  generally^' 
Fruitful  producing  great  increafe  of  Corn  and  Wine,-  - 
and  in  many  parts  there  are  Mines  of  Iron,  Leady^ 
Tin,  Copper,  Gold,  Silver,  and  fome  Quickfilver  J 
As  for  the  Natives,  they  are  of  a  chearful  Counte-  - 
ncnce,  modeft  behaviour,  and  ftrong  of  Body  i  the  ' 
M'dmen  very  fair  and  comly,  tall  of  perfonage  and 
broid  Shoulderedr    As  for  the  King  of  Bohemia^ 
which  now  reftsin  thehoufe  of  Aufiriay  he  is  one 
of  the  Eledors  of  the  Efnperor,ifand  lias  precedency 
in  the  carting  voices  and  is  great  Cup-bearer  on 
the  Coronation  day  ;  ^i 

The  chief  Cities  of  this  Kihgdom  are  Pr^gue^ 
feated  on  the  River  Mulda^  confifling  of  three  parts, 
by  reafon  of  the  divifion  the  River  makes,  chough  ■ 
joined  by  Bridges,  and  has  in  it  many  (lately  BuiN 
dings  of  Frcc-ftone,  though  in  the  generality,  the   ; 

'    ^3  -  Hottfes^  > 


I'' 


N?^   I 


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i 


"      *      • 

Honfcs  arc  Timber  built,,  and  thcWalls  of  Clay  or 
Loam  ^  f ^rtf,  a  place  very  commodious,  and  mucli 
traded  to,  watered  with  a  plea^nt  Stream,  and 
accommodated  with  curious  Gardens  and  OrchardSi 
Ejiid^veU  and  others. 

SILESIA  is  a  Part  or  Province  of  the  Kingdom 
of  Bchemitiy  extending  in  length  240  Miles,  and  in 
breadth  80  Miles,  divided  alinoft  in  equal  parts  by 
the  River  O^^r,  intowhicii  many  leflcr  Rivers  dif- 
charge  themfelves5and  fo  well  water  the. Country ,that 
it  is  exceeding  fruitfuj  alnioft  every  where,  though 
the  Air  ismuch  colder  than  vrith  usat  all  times,and 
what  the  Soil  wants,  the  Inhabitants  by  their  indu- 
flry  make  out ;  and  in  ic  is  fcituate  the  famous  City 
of  Bre/7rt»?,orFKe//rfw,  accounted  for  ftately  Building, 
and  Coninaodioufnefe,  onc.of  the  chief  Cities  be- 
longing to  the  Emperor.  There  are  moreover  the 
Cities  of  Jadendorf^  apd  Glogavp,  with  a  great  number 
of  pJeato  Villages. 

LVSATIAy  or  Lufutiay  is  divided  into,  the  Higher 
and  Lower  Countries^  and  though  but  fmall,  yet  ex- 

-  ceedingPopulous,  fo  that  Hiftorians  affirm,  that  this 
little  Province  has  fent  20000  Armed  Men,  into  the 

^     Field,  afid  is  in  mod  parts  Fruitful,  as  bejsjg  water- 

-  cd  by  the  River  A7/f  or  Niffo^  ajid  other  Streams,  and  1 
-:  has  as  chief  Cities  Trabel  and  Groli^y  with  many  wal- 
led Towns,  and  a  great  number  of  Villages,  though 
feveral  have  been  deftroyed,  by  the  Incurfions  of  | 
the  Turks  and  Tartars ^  and  the  InteOine  Wars. 

'  J^ravia  is  a  vcrypleafant  Country,  affording  jj 
flore  of  Wine,  Corn,  and  curious  Fruits,  with  fome 
-  ^Myrrhjsnd  Frankincenfe,  the  Shrubs  and  Trees  grow- 
ing naturally  wild,  as  well  as  in  Gardens  by  Improve- 
ment*, the  Country  being  very  Wooddy  and  Moun- 
.  taincus,  and  is  a  Marquifate  of  the  Empire,  the  chief] 
Tt)vvrs  being  AlmutT^,  an  Univerfity, and  Biinmy  the 
SeatoftheMarquefsj  the  Country  receiving  its  name  i 
C.a^^Pft  cpnjeijture}  frcm,thcBiver^prrtaw  that; 

•  vmi 


runs  through  it ;  and  although^the  Territories  art' 
not  large,  the  People  are  nevertlielefs  divided  in 
Language,  between  the  Teutonicli^  Bohemiatty  and 
Sdavonian,      , . 

The  Eledorate  of.  the  Palatinate,  or  the  Country 
under  chat  Denomination,  contains  the  Upper  and  > 
Lower  Falatinates,  and  extends  for  the  moft  part  a- 
long  the  Rhine  g6^and  is  in  breadth  72  Miles^faidto 
be  the  fruitfulleft  of  all  others,affordIng  abundance  of 
Khenifl)  Wines,  prcffed  from  the  Grapes  that  grow  in 
great  plenty  on  theB^nks  of  that  famous  River,  from 
whence  the  Wine  takes  its  Name  5  and  in  any  vacan- 
cy of  the  Empire,  thePrinceEleftor  ofthefe  Pak' 
tinates  has  a  far  larger  Jurifdiiflion,  which  terminates 
roc  till  the  Coronation  of  the  Emperor^,  where  he 
takes  his  place  as  Arch-Semri  and  in  the  Upper  of 
rhefe  Palatinates  is  fcituate,  the  City  of  IJewburgy 
Ambttrir^ndCaflel\  and  in  the  Lower //ei^e/^Mr^,  the 
Seat  of  the  Palfgrave  of  the  Rhine^  incompalTed  with 
high  Hills,  on  the  Nortl>Ea(l,  and  South  Franken^ 
daUj  Openheim  and  Crutxjiacb  *,  and  on  the  Eaft-fide 
of  thi  Country  are  Lauden^  and  Winheim^  and  on  the 
V/cP:  :reifers  and  Newftadt. 

The  Eleftorate  of  Saxony  has  for  its  Eaftern  boufi* 
dard  Lufatia^  for  its  Weftern  Haffia^  for  its  Northen 
BrmfmJ:^  and  on  the  South  Bohemia  and  Franconia^ 
and  contains  the  Countries  commonly  called  Tmr,^ 
giay  Mifnia^  Voitland^  and  the  proper  ^rfaron;  *,  as  for 
the  firfl  of  tliefe,  it  compreliends  the  Principalities 
o^Manfieidt  and  Anhalt^  the  Prince  of  it  being  a  Latttm  • 
graves  and  alth«>ugh  the  Country  ericeeds  not  12 
German  Miks,  cither  way ,  yet  the  Soil  is  exceeding 
Fruitful,  and  faabounds  that  its  Fruitfulnefs  fupplies 
other  Places  of  greater  extent ,  and  being  divided 
into  12  Counties  is  held  to  contain  44  Cities,  wal- 
led Towns,  and!  iTongC  allies  *,  and  about  2000  Vi'- 
lages,  and  great  Houfes  of  Noble  Men ;  as  for  rhe 
Duke  of  5'^»a«fej  chief  Seat  it  is  £r/<^or/,though  tlicre 

:  .,  .,M       are 


arc  qthcr  famous  Places  withim  his  JurifdiAion,  afc 
Drefcleriy  fcated  on  the  Bivcr  Albk^  in  a  picafant  Plain, 
pafTing  between  two  Moud tains :  LeipT^ich ,  a  Famous 
.  Univerfity,  efpecially  for  the  ftudy  of  Pbyfick,  and 
Philofophy  y  built  moAIy  with  free-llone,  and  plea- 
faiitly  invironed  with  Corn-Fields ;  W'tntenburgy  the 
plaic  where  F^w/?«>r  fludied  tiecromancyy  with  ma« 
ny  others  *,  and  this  by  fomc  is  held  to  be  the  Coun« 
try  that  gave  Birth  to  thofe  Saxons  that  invaded  Eng- 
land, and  brought  it  under  Subje^lion.,.. 

The  Electorate  of  Brandenburg^  (thou^no  more 
properly  held  thsn  a  Mamiii^te^  nptwithftanding 
the  Elcdor  is  ftiled  a.  Puke)  is  a  very  fpadous 
Country,  bounded  on  the  JE^aft  with  Saxon)'^  on  the 
Weft  with  Pplmd^  on  the  South  with  Lufatta^  and 
on  the  Nk)rth  vdth  Fomerania  \  -accounted  <ioo  Miles 
iq  Circuraference,  contahiing  fifty  confiderabIcCi« 
ties,  and  64  walled  Towbs,  befides  a  great  number 
of  Villages :;  This  Eiedor  being  held  the  moii  potent 
oftlie  Empire,  as  it  has  been  evident  by  his  contend- 
ing with  the  Sweeds^  Danss^  and  others. 

The  chief  Cities  are£int«flfen^frr^,curiouflyfdtuat^, 
and  adopned  wjch  many  flately  Building* ,  and  rare 
■  pieces  of  Antiquity :  Berth .,  the  place  of  ufual  Kefi- 
dence,  and  where  the  Duke  has  a  Munificent  Faf« 
Jatc,  fcated  on  the  River  Spree :  Oder  am  and  Havel* 
hurg^  tlie  See  or  Seat  of  a  Bifhop,  though  the  Refor- 
med Religion  is  that  which  is  maintained  and  fup« 
ported  by  the  Prince;  And  this Marquifate  is  divided 
into  the  NcvV?nd01d,Wattr'd  by  the  Odir  ^udAlbk^ 
and  the  Elcdor  is  great  Clianiberlain  of  the  Env 
pile,  all  the  Country  oeing  exceeding  Fruitful^  and 
rsturally  bringing  forth  abundance  of  Corn,  Paflii- 
f^ges,   and  (bme  Wines. 

FOMERANIA  k  on  the  Eaft  bounded  by  die  Kt- 
\cr  ViJJuLu  on  the  North  with  the  haltiqnt  Ocean » 
op  the  Wcfi  v^ith  Jr:i'ki\b^yg^  and  on  t);t' South  with 
Brand :ntw^  j  and  here  is  found  the  l.orrxms  Stem., 

whici; 


C  6i  ) 

tvhich  with  a  very  fmall  Garrifon,  held  &  Siege  of  ^ 
Months,  againft  the  whole  Power  of  the  Eledor  ol 
Brandenburg :  Wolgafl^  Griffwddy  Wdlin^  and  Hev^ 
txepon^  with  many  other  places  of  ftrength,  commo- 
dioufly  featcd  on  the  banks  of  Rivers,  or  the  Sea* 
Coaft  •,  and  although  this  Province  is  not  Iarge,it  ne- 
vcrthelcrs yields  great  ftorc  of  Corn,CattIe,  ((^c.  and 
\m  very  advantageous  for  Sea  Traffick,  and  to  it  ap- 
pertain  the    Iflands  of  Voltnia^  Wifedomm  ^  dXiA 

MEDEKBVRG  is  fcituate  on  the  W<{k  part  of 
Power avia^  and  is  the  more  Fitiitful  of  the  two,  as 
having  many  Populous  Cities  and  Towns  witliin  its 
Jurifdk^ion,  the  chief  being  Steremberifiom  whence 
the  Late  Governour  of  fkma  derives  his  Title,  Mai*, 
dawy  Wafmaraxid  Raftoc^^  the  latter  ofthefe  allni- 
vcrfity.,  and  is  watered  with pleafant  Streams,  ^c. 

LVKBVRG,  and  Brmfwki,  have  for  their  Nor- 
taem  boundard  Denmm\^  for  their  Southern  Sax* . 
ony^  zndHajfia^  and  Eail  and  Weilfir-inr^wiirtr^,  and 
WeJi'Phalen^  being  properly  two  Dukedoms,  plea- 
fantly  Icituate  j  as  for  the  chief  Cities^  they  are  Brut^* 
mck ,  a  free  City  of  the  Empire  *,  from  this  place  the 
true  Mum  is  brought  over  and  is  a  flrong  fortified 
Garriibn,  no  v/ays  in  Subie<5tiotit  to  the  Emperor  j 
Halbertjhdt^  or  Hnbertftadr^  a  Billbops  See  5  Wolf 
bitten,  the  Rcfide ncc  of"  the  Buke,  where  he  has  a 
(lately  Pal  lace :  And  Lvntvrg  the  Seat  of  the  Lun* 
burg  Duke,  a  very  pleafant  vCity,  commodioufly  feat-- 
ed  for  Trade  and  PJeafure:  The  Country  about  it 
prcduving  ^*re  of  Fruits,  and  Corn,  and  the  Paflures 
breeding  up  a  great  number  of  f:'an:le. 

HA^'^TA^  is  governed  by  ^  Lam  Grave ^  and  lies 
Eart-vvarct  of  Saxony ^  South- ward  of  f>dr?com//.  Weft- 
ward,  and  North-ward  of  Weft»Phakn^  being  a 
MountalncusCounrry,  though  in  many  Parts,  there 
are  fertile  Plains^  which  yield  ^reat  fVorc  of  Corn,  and  , 
Fruits.;  nor  do  ths> Mo^mtains  that  xifebjr  dcgr^s 

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(62  ) 

faif,  efpcclally  about  the  skim  of  them,  to  bring 
forth  confiderablc  encrcafc,  and  as  for  this  Country, 
at  prcfcnc  it  is  divided  into  two  Families,  the  one 
of  C^l,  and  the  other  of  Darmftat^  beiijg  of  the 
Younger  Houfc  .•  As  for  the  chief  places  that  apper- 
tain to  the  Lantgraves^  they  are  CaQdy  or  Caftely 
on  the  River  Fidd^.  Marpurg  on  the  Wver  Lohn  5  an 
Univerfity  founded  Anm  142^,  by  Lfwk  Bifhop  of 
Minftery  and  near  it  is  a  nately  and  well  fortified 
CaAle,  featcd  on  a  Hill,  high  and  fleep,  fo  that  it  is 
accounted  impregnable,  if  well  defended  j  and  is  the 
chief  Place  of  Refidcnce  in  time  of  War,  or  Danger, 
^ving  a  profpcft  of  the  whole  Country.  Darmfladt\ 
is  another  chief  Town,  guarded  by  a  ftrong  Caflle, 
and  is  the  Inheritance  or  Seat  of  the  Younger  Houfe 
of  the  Lantgra'ves  y  and  part  of  this  Country  belongs 
to  tlie  Abbey  of  Fulday  accounted  one  of  tlie  great- 
eft  Revenues  in  Ewope ;  and  was  founded  by  St.  Bo- 
mfkce  an  Evglifthtnany  infomuch,  that  the  Abbot  is 
accounted  a  Prince  of  the  Empire  ^  and  takes  Pkce, 
as  Chancellor  to  the  Emprefs^  ftiling  himfelf  Pri- 
mate of  (r^/lfifd. 

EAST  FRIESLA^Dyhssoxi  the  Wed,  the  River 
Ems'y  on  the  North,  the  Ocean  ;  on  the  Weft,  the 
W^(f/fT5  andoiitheSouth,  Weft-Phaiia^  and  though 
it  is  a  Country  of  no  large  extent,  yet  it  is  in  many 
parts  very  Fruitful  i  and  is  divided  by  the  River 
.Emjonly,  f^-omthe  Provinces  of  the  Vnited  Nether" 
lands  \  and  has  Embdeity  the  utmoft  Borders  of  the 
Empire  for  its  chief  City,  plea&htly  fcituate,  and 
contains  many  ftately  buildings,  though  in  general 
they  are  built  o(  Brick  j  and  the  next  to  this  is  01* 
denburg,  confiderable  for  its  Trade,  and  is  ofitfclf 
a(i  Earldom.  .        .      . 

WEST'PHALI4y  has  for  its  boundards  on  the 
Eaft,  Brmfwickjy  on  tlie  North,  the  ©ce<i/r  ^  on  the 
Smthy  Hajfitti,  on  the  Weft,  Belgmm',.  being  a 
Cowitry  full  q{.  Woods  and  Forrcfts,  whicli  yields 

thcni 


them  not\vichftiind5ng  great  Commodities,  hy  rea-^ 
fon  of  the  abundance  of  Wild  Hogs  foond  therein  $ 
feid  to  take  their  bediming  from  one  Farrow,  which 
a  Sow,  ftraying  from  a  Farm-Houfe,  caftinthefe 
Woodsy  and  of  the  Legs  of  thefe  Hogs,  uken  in  greac 
numbers,  are  our  Weji-Phalia  Hams  fomuchin£«^ 
fleem.  fyc.  And  although  this  Country  isproperly 
WepFhalia'^  yet  the  Northern  part,changes  its  nanie 
to  that  of  Bremen  ^  and  is  governed  by  a  Bifhop,  who 
isLordofthisTraft-,  notwithAanding,  the  Duke  of 
Saxony  claims  a  part,  and  other  parts  are  hdd  to  be* 
Jong  to  the  Bifhopricks  oiCullen^  Mm^er^  and  tru. 
ers:  The  chief  Cities  arc  >[/i/roi>,  Clappenburg^  and 
ExenhUYg.. 

As  for  the  chief  Towns  under  the  Bifhop  ofMith 
fler^  they  are  Munfter^  fcitaate  on  the  bank  of  the 
Kvftx  Enif^  Warendropi  and  others,  and  have  a  plea*- 
fant  Country,  all  about  their  Neighbourhood,  very 
Fertile,  and  aboundinjg  with  ftbre  of  Corn  and  Cat-  , 
tie,  plain  for  the  moftpart,  there  being  fcw  ©r  no  . 
confiderable  Hills  in  this  Trad. 

CVLLENy  or  the  Bifhoprick  of  Cottenj  though 
not  large,  is.neverthelefs  a  very  Fruitful  Country, 
and  greatly  to  be  defired  ,  whofc  ArchoBifhop  is 
Chancellor  of  Italy^  and  held  tobe  the  fccond  chief 
Eleflorof  the  Empire  ^  and  has  in  his  Jurifdidion, 
bcfides  the  City  of  Cullenas  chief,  thofe  of  Lm^ 
Ernance,  and  B(mna^  much  noted  for  the  Arch-Bi- 
(hops  Pallace,  .held  to  be  one  of  the  moft  ftatdy  in  . 
the  Empire. 

TRIERS  is  a  Bifhoprick  of  note,  and  contains 
many  fair  Cities  and  Towns,  as  Trurs,  from  whence 
it  takes  its  name,  Cohknts^  Boporty  and  Engfrs,  in 
chief;  and  is  pleafantly  watered  with  the  i^o^//^, 
which  renders  the  Country  in  its  paflagc, very  Fruit- 
ful, the  Bifhop -whereof  is  accounted  the  third5piri-  . 
tualEIcftorof?b(?Einpir«v.     -  /*    . 


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mm 


CLEVELAtUD^  is  accounted  a  Dutchy,  and, 
borders  upon  Gtlderlandy  a  fmall  Country,  yet  as 
the  reft  in  this  Traft  of  Land,  by  reafon  of  its  com*^ 
modious  Scituation,  very  Fruitful,  containing  the 
Regiments  or  Territories of^(/K/icJ^,  ClevCyMnd  Serge: 
As  for  theDutchy  of  Gw/iri^,  it  contains  theGity  of 
Aian  in  chief,  and  Tome  other  Towns  of  note,  with 
fundry  pleatant  Villages,  and  claims  the  honour  of 
the  Emperors  Presence,  foon  after  his  Eleftion,  as 
taking  here  a  Silver  Crown,  and  performing  fome 
other  Guftomary  Ceremonies* 

As  for  the*  chief  Cities  of  the  Dutchy  of  Cleve^ 
landy  they  are  Cleve^  IVefel^  Emmerick^^  Crt%r,  and 
others,  with  their  Villages  and  Dependancies ;  and 
thofeof  the  Dtirchy  of  fierce,  or  Mont^  zxtMurfourg^ 
Dufledorpy  ffutnngen^ycry  commodioufly  fcituat«:,and 
the  whole  Country  watered  with  pleafant  Screams, 
fo  that  the  Soyl  yields  naturally  an  extraordinary 
increafe  to  the  Husbandmen, . 
^      VETERAVIA  is  another  Country  of  tliis  Traft, 
accounted  a  Province  of  the  Empire,  lying  to  the 
South- Weft  of  Haffia,  fomewhat  larger  than  thofe 
lately  mentioned,as  comprehending  theCountrys  of 
Naffawy  HannaWy  and  Friburg  a  Free  City  *,    as  for 
Naffartf  it  contains  many  confiderable  Towns,  and  is 
Famous  for  the  Princes  of  rhat  Houfe,  who  in  de- 
fence of  the  Netherlands,  fo  long  oppofed.  the  Power 
of  Spain  J   and  from  which  Houfe^  the  Illuftrious 
Prince  of  Orange  is  defcended  5  this  Country  yields 
abundance  of  Corn,  and  many  Vines,  yet  produ^ 
cing  no  great  ftore  of  Wine^  and  in  them,   befidcs 
the  Towns  I  have  mentioned,  are  found  the  Towns 
of  Dellinbourg^  Windeck^y  Hebrofi,  and  Cat^enelbogen^ 
which  latter  has  been  accounted  an  Earldom. 

A?  for  the  Nobility  ofGermanyy  the  Title  de(cends 
to  all  the  Sons,  which  makes  them  numerous, 
tliough  the  Younger  Houfes  want  for  the  moft  pact 

\      -  Eflates 


#' 


.  C  ^5  ) 

Eflatesto  fupport  them;  and  thus  much  briefly  of 
the  Empire,  and  its  dependencies.      ... 

Sweedland  Defmhedj   in  its  Comtryes  and 

Provinces^  Ccc* 


'■•f 


'•\-m 


SWEEDEKy  or  Sweedland^  is  a  Famous  Northern 
Country,  renowned  for  its  many  great  Enter- 
prizes,  and  Undertakings ;  ^nd  is  bounded  on  the 
Weft  witli  the  Dofiin  Hills,  dividing  it  from  Nor* 
way'y  and  on  the  North  with  the  Frozen  Ocean  5» 
on  the  South  with  Derifnark,^  Leifiatidy  and  the 
BalticJi^ScZy  taking,  as  many  hold,  its  Name  from 
Sued,  Suetheansy  or  Suethedie  \  and  is  in  length  from 
Stoc1(holm  to  the  Borders  of  Laptand  i  ooo  ItalUn 
Miles,  and  about  600  ift  breadth,  reaching  in  a 
manner,  from  the  firft  Parallel  of  the  Twelfth  Clime, 
where  the  Pole  is  elevated  38  Degrees,  and  25  Mi-- 
nutes,  as  far  as  to  the  71  degrees  of  Latitude,  by 
which  account,  the  longed  day  in  the  Southern 
point,  exceeds  not  18  Hours,  though  in  the  ex« 
treameil  Northern  parts,  they  have  fcarcely  any 
Night  for  Two  Months  ;  and  this  Kingdom,  though 
pofited  in  an  extream  cold  Region,  is  notwithftand* 
mg  kept  fo  warm  by  the  Miflsthat  arife  from  the  I- 
llands,  that  much  of  the  Rigor  other  Countries  in 
the  fame  Latitude  fufter  is  abated,  and  is  a  Monar- 
chy, one  of  the  Antienteft  in  the  Northern  Parts  of 
the  World  Qf  their  report  be  true  wha  boaft  the 
immediate  Succeflion,  from  above  100  Kings ;  and 
that  the  firft  amongft  them  was  the  Son  o^  Jafhet^ 
one  of  the  Sons  of  Xoab,") 

As  (or  the  Kin^  o(  Srpeedlandy  they  ftile  thcn\* 
felves  Kings  of  5^»eei/,  Vandals^  (/of/>x-,great  Prin- 
ces of  Ffnto^i^,  l>vkt^o( Eftoniaztid  Caralia'y  Lords 
of/rt|;rfrf,  and  bear  three  Royal  Crowns  for  their 
Arms  v^nd  the  prefent  King  of  this  Country  is 

Cbarln 


Ill 


(66) 

r.bnrles  the  1 1.  of  the  Family  of  the  Palatine  of 
Deuxpnts  s  as  for  the  Soil  (by  the  induftry  of  the 
people)  it  is  render'd  exceeding  fertile,  and  the  Air 
very  healthful ;  unlefi  in  places  where  the  Moorifli 
damps  arife  from  Fenw^  by  the  negled  of  not  open- 
ing the  Water  courfe  ;  fothat  the  Inhabitants  ge^^ 
nerally  live  to  an  cKtream  old  Age  /  And  as  for  the 
Cgiintryitabounds  with  Corn,  Cattle,  Fraits  awd 
Minei^als  as  SHver,  Copper,  Lead:  There  are 
found  coniiderable  quantities  of  Furs,  aad  other 
Commodities,  and  is  divided  into,  or  diflinguifhed 
ty  the  Provinces  oiLaplandy  Gothland^  Finland^  and| 
Sweden, 

LAP  LAW  or  LAPPIA  is  the  moft  Northern  Part  I 
of  Scandky  and  is  divided   into  the   Eaftern  and 
WeAern  parts :  The  firft  containing  Biartnia  and  I 
Cw;o/w,  which  properly  appertains  to  Ruffia^  or 
the  Jurifdidion  of  the  Czars  of  Mufcovy^  and  the 
latter  comprehending /^4!j|>pf4  and  Seriftn^i    under 
tlie  Government  of  the  Kin^  o(Sxpeeden\  and  the 
people  in  many  parts,  efpecially  the  mofbeictream 
are  Heathen  Idolaters,  or  fuch  as  pay  Adoration  to 
Creatures^  cQ)ecially  fuch  as  they  fir  A  fee  in  the 
Morning,  and  are  held  rodeal   in   Magick  and! 
Witchcraft,  and  to  fell  Winds  to  Saylors  that  Na- 
vigate thofe  Seas  9  however  they  are   miferablyl 
poor,  as  living  in  themoft  barren  part  of  the  Coun- 
try, and  pay    their  acknowledgement  or  Tributel 
only  in  Furs  of  Foxes,  Martins  ^c.   vyhich  tolera- 
bly abound  in  thofe  parts;  and  they  dwell  fortliel 
moft  part  in  Cetts,  where  they  are  by  reafon  of  I 
^eir  Temperance  very  Healthful ;  fome  of  them| 
living  to  140  years. 

Next  tothe  before  mentioned  Divifion  is  Fin* 
landy  between  the  Finland  Bay  and  the  Baltic^ 
Ocean  of  considerable  Extent,  and  is  full  of  plea* 
fiini  Pa/lures,  yielding  very  much  Corn  and  Fruits, 
and  is  properly  a  Putchy  which  fome  of  the  Suf^ec- 

dijh\ 


(  ^7  > 

\Mjh  Kings  were  wont  to  affign,  for  the  fccurity  or 
their  Brothers  Portions  ^  and  has  for  its  chief  Citie« 
\Alboi  a  Who^^Stc^ViburgoiVib&rchy  a  Fortrefs  cf 
confiderable  Strength  v  ^arve^  Kttngta  and  Cafile^ 
meim,  and  near  a  place  called  Ra^eburg  'j  in  this 
Country  is  a  Province  in  which  the  Hiedle-touch  by  a 
|Ioad-flone  keeps  continually  turning. 

GOTHLAKD  held  to  be  the  Birth-place  of  the 
xmttit  Goths  ^  is  accounted  one  of  the  moft  fertil 
[Provinces  appertaining  to  this  Monarchy,  partici-^ 
[pating  both  of  Idand  and  Continent ,  as  being  di* 
prided  into  both  the  Iflands,  lying  in  the  BMckScZy 
dng  the  biggeft  in  thefe  pares,  containing  fwc  or 
fix  commodious  Ports  i  and  onfome  of  the  Rocks 
ippear  yet  divers  Infcriptions  (^  by  way  of 
Ionuments)in  the  Antient  C(?^^i/7;  Charai^ers,  one 
rile  being  i8  miles  in  length,  and  5  in  breadth^  and 
!s  for  what  is  of  this  Province,  on  the  main  Land^ 
it  is  pofi  ted  in  the  hithermoft  parr  of  ScAndU  border*. 
ing  on  Denmarli^  where  is  Seated  the  noted  City 
T^ Korkpping^  commodioudy onthe  Sea,  the  place 
From  when  abundance  of  Copper  is  brought:  L(h 
imfasi  place  much  traded  to,  Colmat^  fortified- 
?itha  very  ftrong  Cafcle,  Waldburg  and  others,  and 
in  alt  part*  very  fruitful  ^  (b  that  it  is  called  by 
lany  of  the  Swecds  GoodUnd ^  inkc^  oi  Goth^ 
land. 

SWEVLAKD  properly  fo  called,  tliough  con- 
tributing its  name  in  general  to  the  refr  of  the 
''rovinces  is  fertil  in  many  parts  ,  but  it  holds 
)t  throujghout  by  reafon  of  the  many  Rocks  and 
irren  Hills,  and  the  chief  City  is  Stockholm^  or 
(filmict^  defended  with  a  Caflle  Royal  on  a  Sec 
^ort,  at  the  Mouth  of  the  Lake  /We/er,  which  fome 
the  Swcedifh  Kings  defigned  to  cut  into  the  Wer.^ 
w,  or  Lal(ty  thereby  to  have  joyned  the  Balticl^and 
tlie  Ocearty  fruftrating  thereby  the  Padage  of  the 
'?iwni,  but  it  proved  a  Work  of  fo  much  Pifficulty, 

tbac. 


ii 


(  68  ) 

that  it  was  laid  afide ;  and  this  Lake  is  held  to  re. 
eeiveTweuty  FourRivcrs,anddisburthens  itfclf  with 
fuch  noife  and  fury,  that  it  is  by  fomc  called  Devils 
Mouth:    But  as  for  the  Kings  Sbips^  and  Veflels  of| 
great  Burthen,  they  generally  lye  at  Etfenore^  dci 
fended  by  a  ftrong  Caflle,  and  fo  fhelter'd  from  the 
Wind,  that  they  may  lye  without  Anchors.    Vpfall 
contains  the  Metropolitan  Church,  where  the  Kings 
are  ufually  Crowned  ,  and    formerly  held    their 
Court ;  and  is  a  llniverfity  of  this  Kingdom,  and 
the  moft  remarkable  Mart  5  Carlftat  upon  the  lVennef\ 
abounds  with  Brafs  and  Copper  :  Strovgues  is  a  Bi- 
fhopsSee. 

There  areyet  two  other  Provinces,  or  Divifions 
of  this  Kingdom  s  viz.  Livonia^  by  the  Germans 
called  Liefland  and  Ingria^  vulgarly  Irgermanland  \ 
the  firfl  delivered  by  theFo/w  upon  treaty,  and  the| 
laft  taken  from  the  Mufcovttes,  and  are  both  of  them 
indifierently  fruitful,  and  have  in  them  many  con- 
fiderable  Villages  and  fome  Towns  of  note. 

The  Commodities  of  thefe  Countries,  iih  general 
ire  Copper,  Brafs,  Lead,  Ox-hides,  Tallow,  Furs,^  I 
ijoat-skins,  Elks-skins,,  the  Skins  of  Deer  5  Honey, 
Allom,  Corni  and  in  many  places  there  are  Silver 
Mines,  but  of  no  confider  able  advantage.  Thej 
men  are  Aftive,  Naturally  ftrong,  indifferent  good 
Seamen,  and  refolute  Soldiers  ^  InduArious,  Inge*^| 
niotts,  and  very  courteous  to  Grangers ;  and  had 
theChriflian  Faith  firA  planted  amongA  them,  by 
AufgmHi  Apch-5ifhop  of  Bremen  \  and  in  matters 
©f  Judicature,  or  deciding  Controverfies,  each  re- 
fpeaive  Territory  has  its  Vifcount,  every  Province 
ks  Lans-men,  or  Confuf,  and  tvery  Town  it's 
Lay-manor  Confttlv  and  there  lyeth  an  Appeal 
from  the  Conful  to  t4ie  Laymen,  and  from  the 
Lay  men  to  the  Vifcount,  and  from  him  to  the  King, 
in  whofc  only  power  it  k  abfolutely  to  determine 
the  matter.    As  for  the  Women  they  arc  generally 

well 


'   (69) 

well  featured,  proper  in  pcrfon,  very  ftiodeft  and 
courteous,  loving  to  their  Husbands,  and  afiabie  to 
Grangers.    . 

ji  Defcription  c/ Denmark,  in  its  Coun^ 
tries ^  Provinces^  &C. 

DENMARK^  Sjtapy  D4neS'Mark,j  comprcliiend* 
ing  its  intire  Circuit  or  Territories,  is  bound- 
ed on  the Eaft  with  the  Baltki^Scay  and  a  part 
oi Smedland^on  the  Weft  with  the  Main  Ocean 
on  the  North  Eaft,  with  another  part  o{  Sweedland^ 
full  North  with  the  Frozen  Ocean,  and  on  the 
nSouth  with  Germany  \  lying  partly  on  the  North 
temperate  ^one,  and  partly  within  the  Artick  Cir« 
cie  \  extending  from  the  middle  Parallel  of  the 
tenth  Clime,  or  $  $  degrees  of  Latitude,  where  ic 
Ijoyneth  to  Germany^  and  71  where  the  Frozen 
Ocean  bounds  it  \  the  longeft  day  in  t)ie  moft 
Southern  parts,  being  17  hours  and  a  quarter  5  but 
for  2  Months  and  3  Weeks  they  have  no  Night  at 
all  in  the  extream  North,  and  is  commonly  diftin- 
guifhed  in  thefc  parts,  comprehending  the  Appen* 
dances. 

The  Dukedom  of  Molfteln^  coTimmigWagerlani^ 
Vithmarflj^  Stormaria  and  Holjlein,  The  Kingdom 
lofP^nw^rt containing  the  two  Jidtlands^  and  the 
Hemodes  or  Baltic^  Iflands,  and  the  Kingdom  of 
Norway  (nomiTi  fubjedion  to  the  Danes^  witli  the 
Iflands  m  the  North  Sea ,  ifyrc.  that  properly 
belong  to  it  5  and  of  thefe  in  their  order. 

The  Cmbricli  Cherfmefe^  in  which  the  VNoJvb" 
lirnds^  and  the  Dukedom  of  ^o//}Wir  are  contained, 
is  in  leneth  120  miles,  and  in  breadth  80,  and 
accounted  to  haVe  within  that  Trad  of  Land  5  be- 
ing in  a  manner  a  Feninfula,  20  Royal  Caftles  and 
Wallaces  j  28  Cities  of  note*,  4  Bifhop  Sees,  and  a 


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ccnfiderable  number  of  Villages^  in  many  placetj 
very  Fruitful,  and  affording  fundry  curious  Harens;i 
and  on  the  South  £a(l  is  Wager land^  and  has  for  its 
chief  Towns  Hamburg  on  the  Elbe.  Lubtckjk9,x\ 
cd  on  the  confluence  of  the  TravezndBillewy  near 
the  fall  of  that  River  into  the  Balfic^Scz'^  much 
traded  to  by  fundry  Merchants,  where  they  find 
great  (lore  oftheCommodiciesof  thofe  Countries  | 
which  are  accounted  the  mofl  fertile. 

Vithmarfl)  fpreads  the  Weft  iide  of  the  Cherfm*\ 
fiiSy  Scituare  oecween  the  River  Albis  ta^dEnderaA 
giving  Title  to  the  Eldeft  Son  of  the  King  ofDe^ 
rnarliy  and  has  Meldrep  and  Marnes  for  its  principal 
Towns  ^  and  although  by  reafon  ofthe  many  Mari- 
(hes  and  Moorifh  grounds,  the  foil  in  many  places  h 
fioc  commodious  for  Tillage  ,  yet  neverchelefs  it| 
feeds  great  (lore  of  Cattle. 

STORMARIA  or  STORMAKSH  lying  betwcnl 
•the  River  Elbe^  and  the  RivcrsBfi/(?»  and  Store ^  and  | 
has  for  its  chief  Towns  Cr/iwpe  on- the  Bank  of  a  lie 
tie  River  of  the  fame  name,  falling  into  the  StoYi^ 
and  is  well  fortified  and  reckoned  one  of  the  Keys 
ofthe  Kingdom  •,  nor  lefs  noted  for  the  great  re- 1 
fiftance  it  made  againft  Walefiein  the  Imfer'u 
4/ General  ;  who's  powerful  Army  it  refifled  i)| 
Months,  and  at  laft  brought  him  to  good  terms 
ofCompofition.  Tjchenburgh  on  the  Banks  ofthe 
River  Elbe  5  Bredenburg^  Jet^eboy  Gulkl^tadt  and| 
others. 

South  Jtdtlandy  or  the  Dukedom  of  Slefwick\ 
Is  that  part  ofthe  Cherfonefw  that  lyes  next  to  M 
ftm-y  having  for  its  chief  Towns,  Fkusbmg  on  ihs\ 
Baltic^  fhoar  Scituate  amongft  high  Mountains: 
Slefwkk^on  the  River  Siea  j  from  which  the  Duke- 
dom of  S/e/w/ci^has  its  name,  Xioterp  and  Ltmden  a| 
tfaven  Town  upon  the  Banks  of  the  River  Ender. 

North  JuitUfid  is  the  mofl  Northern  part  of  thc| 
€hex[QnefHs  and  has  for  «*5  irhief  Tawns  Halney  Rir^ 


(71) 

tspen,  Arhaufen  znd  Klcopen 'j  the  foil  very  Fniicful, 
and  much  abounding   with  Wheat,  Barly^  Rice  i 
(lore  of  Cattle,   producing  Butter  and  Cheefe  in 
great  abundance  ^  and  able  Nories  for  War^  or  any 
other  fervice,  here  are  alfofound  Rich  Furs. 

Asforthofe  that  are  called  the  B^/rici^  IflandS) 
properly  belonging  to  the  King  of  Denw/rri^  though 
they  are  ^$m  number  difperled  in  the  B^/rfcJ^Sea, 
many  of  them  arelnconfiderable,  and  fome  not  In* 
habited  j  the  chief  are  Zelandj  Fioniaj  or  Funen  j 
Arfen  or  Aria^  Langland^  Lalant/^  Falfter,  Mone^ 
Heuen  or  Wern^  Ifland  and  Bornhoime  ,  of  which  on- 
ly the  firftisvery  coniiderabie,  as  having  in  it  rg 
Cities,  the  chief  of  which  is  Copenhagen  the  Refi- 
dcnce  of  the  Dantfh  Kings;  where  the  Regal  Pal- 
lace,  though  not  very  nately,  is  feated  j  and  is  a 
City  of  confiderable  Trade,  though  the  Buildings 
are  generally  mean,  as  £re6(ed  of  Loam  and  Tim» 
ber ;  there  is  a  Market  conftantly  kept,  and  is  the 
only  Univcrfity  within  the  Government ;  it  is  de- 
fended  with  a  ftrongWalland  a  Caftle,  and  thi- 
ther are  brought  all  forts  of  Commodities  the  King- 
dom affords. 

SCANDIA  that  part  which  apperwins  to  D^/f- 
nidf\^  is  in  the  South  of  a  Tentnfula^  divided  into 
three  Provinces;  asScandiaj  Hallandia,  md  Blejci' 
da ;  the  fiirft  of  thefe  is  72  Miles  in  length  and 
48  in  breadth,  reckoned  the  mod  fruitful  and  plea- 
(ant  of  all  the  Countries  lying  about  it,  as  being  on 
three  parts  bounded  by  Sea  ,  and  has  for  its  prin- 
cipal Towns,  i-owp^n  a  fpacious  if/aven.  Falskpbode, 
Elbogue  and  Elflnlmrg  one  of  the  Keys  of  thfe 
Sound. 

HALLJHDIA  is  but  a  fmall  TradofLand,  yet 
Yields  much  Fruits  and  Corn*  many  Cattle,  and 
lying  South  of  Scania^  has  haUnego  for  its  principal 
Town,  from  which  it  feems  to  take  its  name ;  and 
is  well  watered  with  plcafant  Streams, 


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(    7O 

BLESCIDA  lies  North  o(  SweedUndy  and  though 
it  has  many  fertile  Plains,  yet  it  is  generally  Moun- 
tainous  or  Craggy  hilled,  having  for  its  chief  Trade- 
ingTown,  AmmogiadndColmar^  a  ftrong  Fortress 
bordering  on  iSirm/tfiK/. 


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NOBWATy  though  under  the  King  of  Dtim(ir\^ 
is  however  a  Kingdom  of  it  fcif,  being  boun- 
ded on  the  Eaft  with  Denmar^^y  on  the  Weft  with 
thcOcean^on  the  North  with  Lapfia  or  Lapland^  and 
on  the  South  with  Sweeden\  but  lying  lb  much  in 
the  extremities  of  cold,  though  it  Is  a  vaft  trad  of  | 
Land,  it  is  for  the  moft  part  Rocky,  Mountainous 
and  Barren,  not  being  furnifticd  with  fibres  of  its 
one  Produdion,  fit  for  the  fupport  of  thcfe  few  Pec- 

Ele  it  contains,  the  j^reateft  Commodity  it  affords 
eing  Stock-Fifh,  Siiip  Mafts,  Deal  Boards,  Tackle 
for  Shipping,  Pitch,  Tann'd  Leather,  Train  Oyl, 
FiirrSj  ?ind  Tallow.  As  for  the  Towns  or  Villages, 
they  are  very  thinn,  and  the  Houfes  for  a  great  pare 
are  made  of  Dirt  andHurdles,  covered  with  Thatch  1 
and  windowed  with  Lattice  s  and  the  whole  Country 
is  divided  into  $  Prasfcdnres  or  Governments,  ac- 
cording to  the  Number  of  the  Ro^al  Caftles,  built 
for  the  defence  of  the  Country,  known  by  the 
Names  of  Bo^»/,  Jier-Hm,  Agger- tiufcy  trundhem^ 
and  Ward'Huk,  The  chief  Tpwns  in  thefe  feveral 
Jurifdidions,  are  Anflo  or  Aftoia^  on  a  Bay  oppofite 
to  Jmlandy  an  Epifcopal  See,  Berien,  an  Epifcopal 
Sea,  and  the  ordinary  Refidence  of  the  Govcrnour 
for  the  King  of  Defimarli'-,  Marftrttnd  feated  in  a 
half  ^Wamongft  Rocks  ^c  Trandtbeim,  Antient- 
ly  Hi:)oJ:a  an  Arch-Eilhops  See  who  is  Metropo- 

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liwn  of  ^;rM?4>*,  and  Ward-huk  featcd  in  rhelfl^nd. 

\o{WaYd'^  and  although  the  Country  (abounding 

with  horrid  Woods,  and  dcfolate  Mountains^  is 

naturally  Poor,  yet  at  certain  Seafons  little  Beafl<, 

about  the  brgnefs  of  Field  Mice,  over-fprcad  like 

IflCK/?/ the  Fertile  Parts  of  the  Field,  fyc,  and  con- 

■fume  every  thing  that's  green  or  pleafant  in  their 

I  way,  and  then  gathering  together  they  die  in  heaps> 

Ithcreby  occalioning  a  Peftilcrrtial  NpiromiTefs,thac 

much  afflifts  the  inhabitants  with  Difeafes  j  and 

thefe  they  call  Lemmrs^  affirming  them  to  be 

|dropt  out  of  the  Clouds  in  Tern  pert  uous  Weathers 

Nor  do  the  Whales,  that  appear  on  that  Coaft  iti 

I  great  number,/  lefs  diflurb  their  Fifliing  Trade,  by 

the  indangering  the  fmking  of  their  Boats  and 

fmall  Veffcls;   whiih  tnonftrotis  Creatures  they 

have  lately  found  the  Art  of  chafing  away,    bv 

j  throwing  Oyl  of  C^jfor  into  the  Sea,  at  tlie  Scent 

[whereof  they  fly :    And  though  the  People  are 

miferable  Poor,  they  ncverthelefs  hate  difhonefly^ 

alid  greatly  delight  in  Pkin  Dealing. 

A  Defcriftion  of  Ruffia,  comfrehending   : 

the  Dukcdem  ofMufcovy.         x*,i 

...  ,        '-■■    =.  ■**-^ 

THIS  targe  Trad  of  Land  is  bounded  on  the 
Weft  with  Ift/onw  and  Finland'^  on  the  Eaft 
with  yaJT^^br  on  the  North  by  the  Froi^e/i 
'Occar^  and  pirt  of  Lapland^  on  the  South  with  Zi- 
thuania^  Crim  Tartary^  and  the  Euxm  Sea^  and  is 
accounted  in  its  greateft  length  from  Eaft  to  Weft 
ggoo  Miles,  and  in  Breadth  30(55,  being fuhjcd  tq 
the  Czar  of  Mufcov)'-,  or  great  Duke,  who  not* 
withftanding  ftilcs  himfelf  Emperor  of  Rujjiay  ot 
Rufslandy  which  is  part  in  Europe  and  part  in  Afta^ 
divided  by  the  River  Tanait^  the  bomidard  of 
two  parts  of  the  World.  - 


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vi    Thedikrnry  is  u^fjjci?,  tticSeacof  the  great 

l^uke,  and  the  Patriarch,  and  of  moft  of  tlie  ?^o« 

bilky,  being  very  large,  though  not  flacdy  j  there 

•are  bcfnlcs  diis  of  norc,  Ksfcovia.  and  R^ograd, 

:Arch€pircopal  Sees,  Fohgd/tj  Smolenskg,  and  F/ef* 

covia^  held  to  be  the  only  walled  Town  in  Mufhvy^ 

Vftiuniy  Mofayct^  Sc.  Nkholm^  Sugana^  Gragapolk^ 

and  I  he  chief  Mmtme.  Port  is  Arcb-Angd^  featcd 

in  the  proper  Ruffla^    whither  o«ir  Me  re  tots 

Trade,  and  the  Ruffla  Company  have  a  Fa^ory, 

the  Councry  yielding  jflore  of   Furrs,  as  Sables^ 

'White  Foi-r^  Martins,  Black  Fok,  Honey,  Wax^ 

Cattle,   Tallow,  Red  Deer-skins,  Hides,    Hemp, 

Flax,  Tar,  Brimilone,  Salt  Fctre,    Train   Oyl^ 

Tongues,  and  the  like*,  and  the  Soil  towards  the 

Southern  Parts  is  «!yeeeding  Fruitful^  prcxiucieg 

•abwndance  of  Corn,  and  rich  Paftures,  with  Fruits 

of  vavioias  Kind?,  watered  by  the  R^ver  Volgd^  that 

pafles  from  tlience  through  a  part  of  Tartary  y  hot 

to  the  Eircreami  North,  which  lies  in  upward  of 

*'j6  Degrees  .>    iht  Weather  is  fo  Cold  ,    that  lit»' 

^le  but  R<K:ks,  Woods,  Mountains,  and  Ice  arc 

found  there,  containing  a  Vicidltude  x>f  Light  and 

I)2rkinel>,  for  the  Day,  if  we  have  a  refpeff  to  the 

Twy4ight,    lafls  fiX   Months?  and  a  great  part  of 

the  other  im  they  lee  rjot  the  Sun,  but  have  the 

Country  covered  ivirh  Snows  and   during  Frofis, 

«hc  Sea  being  never  free  from  Rocks  and  Moun- 

tains  of  Fee,  over  great  Arms  of  whic\i  the  Inhabi- 

tanrs  pafs  with  Wagons^^  5leads,  and ,  otlier  Carria* 

ges ;  Nor  are  there  found  any  Inhabitants  in  thoie 

iiefolate  E^arts  during  the  Winter  Seafon,  but  in 

that  little  Summer  they  have,  the  Shepherds  and 

Fiftermen,  fet  up  Hum  or  Tents,  though  in  the 

Woods  on  diis  Coaft,  are  the  talkft  Trees  in 


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The  Inhabitants  of  this  Country  are  Thick,  ftot ' 
ull^  but  rather  fqaare,  habiting  themfekcs  in  Furrs, 
caurfe  Cloth,  and  Feeding  to  excef%  givea 
greatly  to  Drinkitig,  though  h  be  ftridly  forbid, 
•md  are  gener^sily  Fslfe  ?»nd  Perfidious.,  not  re- 
garding their  Words,  but  fludying  to  Over-rcach» 
or  Cozen  all  they  can,  infomuch  that  being  in 
other  Countries,  they  Kh-ive  to  diilcmble  their 
own,  the  better  to  lie  Credited:  The  Women 
hire  tolerably  handfomej  well  Limbed  and  Propor* 
cloned,  and  ha:ve  a  llrange  CuAom  amongfl  them, 
tot  to  think  their  Husbands  either  Love  or  Re-* 
iM  them,  unlefs  ihey  once  or  twice  a  day  Cud^ 
id  their  Sides*  Their  Eeiigi6n  in  moft  th^rsgs  a- 
^rees  with  that  oi  the  Gree^^  Church,  not  making 
my  acknowledgment  to  the  Pope,  or  See  of  Kome^ 
Mha^e  s  iPatriarch  of  their  own,  to  whom  all 
fchcir  Fxclefiaftfcks  hhmk :  And  as  for  the  GC- 
^emsnent  it  is  abfolute,  the  Czar,  who  is  by  the 
■^eoplc  in  extraordinary  Efleem  and  Veneration, 
ivme  in  his  T-fanis  the  Power  of  Life  and  Death, 
■jonng  at  hh  Plealure  both  of  the  Bodv  and 
roods  of  hjs  Subje^,  and  is  feldom  out  ot  War 
vich  the  tartars^  a  Roving  People  that  border 
i[X)n  the  mofi;  Fruitful  part,  of  his  Country  *,  an4 
pough  the  Armies  of  the  Mttfcovhes  are  generajly 
ramcrous,  yet  are  they  compofed  for  the  moit 
Vt  of  (Iragling  People,  and  feldom  anfwcr  in  va» 
bur  the  leafl  that  may  be  cKpeded  from  then^i 
b  has  not  only  in  times  «^*»,ft,  but  lately  been  ma* 
lifcjfl,  and  the  rcafoq  is,  bepauic  they  go  pooft 
M  unfurniflied  into  the  Field. 


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L4  Defcriftion  of  Poland^  '&c. 

P  ^Lj4  AT D  is  a  very  coniidcrable  Kingdom, 
bounded  on  the  Eaft  with  the  River  Boyi[i 
tbenes^  on  the  Weft  with  the  Viflula^  on  the  South 
with  Hungary^  and  on  the  North  with  the  BalticA 
Sea*,  and  is  for  the  moft  part  plain  and  level,  thol 
in  fome  places  there  are  little  rifjng  "Hills.  aboundJ 
ing  with  Woods,  and  is  properly  divided  into  thcl 
Provinces  o)' Livonia^  Lithuania^  Volhima^  Samogma\ 
Fruffiay  Afajjoiiay  Fodalia,  Ryjjia  ^igriy  Podtn^iaX 
and  Poland'')  and  the  chief  Cities  are,  Guefna,  aa 
Archiepifcopal  See,  Pofnmiay  Cadiffia,  Siradia^V\ 
■iiidiftavuu  Cracnia^  and  Caminiec  j  the  latter  in 
the  PoU'cilicn  of  the  Tmk^y  who  hold  it  as  their 
Vromicr  in  thoi'e  parts  5  and  in  Cracnia  is  a  famous] 
VIniverf'ty. 

The  Luildings  in  this  Kingdom,  and  the  Prr 
•vinccs  that  compofe  it,  are  for  tlie  moft  part  of 
Timber  and  Loam  ;  tlie  Land  full  of  Forrcfls,  withl 
many  Rivers,  }iclding  notwithflanding  abundarcc 
of  Corn,  but  is  cjef^^<^ive  in  Wine  5  Honey  and 
Wax,  are  likewife  found  in  great  Aore,  with  Fruio 
of  divers  Kinds,  and  a  great  Number  of  Cattle  anJ 
wild  Btafis^  there  areaffo  Salt-pits,  and  in  koii 
places  Mines  of  Brimflone,  Copper  and  Iron.  ThJ 
Polandcfs  are  generally  Tall,  well  Proportioned^ 
Courteou5,  and.  Plcafant  of  Bebaviourj  their  Gar] 
mencs  arc  rich,  and  of  divers  Colgurs,  being  mwcl 
conceited  of  their  own  worth, and  loving  to  b( 
Praifed,  or  rather  Flattered :  As  for  /.zV^'w^w/^,  on^ 
of  the  Provinces  of  this  Kingdom,  tliough  it  isi 
very  large  one,  yet  it  is  fo  full  of  Fenns,  and  pel 
rtcrtdby  the  over  flowing  of  Rivers,  that  it  v.  m 
currantly  payable,  but  when  the  Frofts  are  grearj 
«JwhiH  time  they  hiivc  J19  hindrjirice,  neither  H 

Rive 


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[Rivers  nor  Fentis,  and  their  grcatefl  Wealth  con-  - 
fiffe  m  Cattle,  Honey,  Wax  and  Furrs:  As  for  the 
Language  generally  fpoken,  it  is  the  Sclavonian -y ' 
and  in  the  North  Extrc;nities,  where  Villages  and  ■ 
Towns  are  very  fcaice,  the  People  dwell  in  Hutts 
of  Straw  and  Loam,  with  Holes  at  the  top  of  them 
to  let  in  the  Light,  and  give  vent  to  the  Smoak, 
tliving  in  miferablc  Poverty,  as  do  (for  the  major 
[part)  the  Peafants  or   inferiour  People,  being  in 
la  manner  Slaves  to  the  great  ones,  whofe  Tenants 
[they  arc,  though  the  Richer  Sort  are  very  Profufc 
and  Expenfive,  rather  Prodigal  than  Liberal,  Ln* 
[patient  of  Injuries,  Delicious  in  Diet,  and  coftly  in 
[Atrirc,  often  (having  their  Heads,  except  one  Lock, 
which  they  preferve  with  great  care,  ocing  gene- 
rally  good  Soldiers,   and   much  Glory  if  they' 
can  kill    a   Turk  in  Battle,   and  bring  off  his 
JHead,  in  Token  of  which,  they  wear  Feathers  in 
[their  Caps. 

Theft  in  thefe  Parts  is  very  rare,  efpecially  to  ■ 
committed  by  a  Native  Polander^  and  all  Crimes 
ire  fcvcrely  punifhed  :  As  for  the  Religion  they 
jProfels,  in  Relation  to  the  Government,  it  is  that 
the  Romlfh  Church,  tb.ough  the  Reformed  way 
)f  V/orfhip  is  allowed  and  tolerated ,  and  the 
[King  is  of  late  Eledive  *,  the  Women  are  tolera- 
Ibly  Fair  and  well  Proportioned,  very  Witty  and 
[ingenious,  gre^t  admirers,  and  obfcrvers,  of  their 
lusbands,  and  very  neat  in  their  Houfes.  A  Pea- 
fant  in  this  Country  (  unlefs  in  time  of  great  Dan- 
jcr  or  Invafion)  is  not  fuffered  to  bear  Arms  ^  and 
[when  the  Gofpel  is  Read  in  the  Churches,  the  Gen- 
try and  Nobility  draw  their  Swords,  in  token  that 
[diey  are  ready  to  defend  it  with  their  l^ives.  As 
for  the  Circumference  of  this  Kingdom,  and  the 
Vovinces  appertaining  to  it,  fome  Account  it  2600 
liles,  and  is  Sdtuate  under  the  8  and  la  Climatcf: 
[So  that  the  longefl  Day  Southward,  is  \6  Hourv 

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(78> 

And  Nortrhwar*i8v  bardcring  uponk  arc  the 
huge  Carpath'tanr  Mounuins,  where  fopdry  Rivers 
have  their  Springs,  that  Water  the  Prdvinces»  and 
pafs  through  many  Countries 

A  Defirifti^n  of  tht  Kingdom  cf , 
Hutigary,  <^a 

HV  JH  Q  A  KT^  one  of  the  Frukfullcft 
Countries  of  £i<ro^,before  Wafted  and  De- 
flroyed  by  a  Tedious  War»  is  bounded  on  the  Eaft 
with  Tranftlvania  and  Wallachiay  on  the  Weft  Sti- 
ria^  Auftrja^  zt\d  Moravia,  on  the  North  with  die 
Cafpathian  Mountains,  on  the  South  with  Sdavo* 
9?/4,  and  fome  part  of  DacUy  accounted  in  Length 
300  Englifi  Miles,  and  109  in  Breadth,  lying  in 
the  North  Temperate  Zone^  between  the  middle 
Parallels  of  the  7  and  9  Climates,  fo  that  the  longcfl 
X>aY  in  tlie  South  is  j  Hours  and  a  half,  and 
i4  in  the  North,  and  waa  Anciently  called  Path 

vonia* 

The  People  of  this  Country  are  ftrong  of  Body, 
boifterous  of  Behaviour,  and  have  no  great  re« 
gard  to  Liberal  Arts,  or  Mechanick  Occupations,  » 
as  giving  rhemfelves  moftly  to  War,and  raking  i:  p 
for  the  greateft  Affront  Imagtn^le  to  be  eftccmcd  ^ 
a  Coward,  which  they  find  no  other  way  to  ob- 
literate, but  by  killing  a  Turk,  after  whkh  they 
have  the  Liberty  of  wearing  a  Feather^  as  a  Tro» 
phee  of  their  Exploit*,  aiM  though  they  are  ex- 
treamly  Covtious,  they  are  no  vvays  willing  to 
Labour,  but  rather  defire  to  live  upoo  the  SfcHi 
As  for  the  Females  they  have  no  claim  to  any  lR» 
hericance,  fo  that  the  Male  Line  failing,  the  Eftate 
goes  to  the  common  Treafury;  nor  have  the 
Dauchrers  any  other  Portion  given  them,  than  a 
\ycdding  Garment,  and  are  for  tht  moft  part  o- 


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bTiged'co  He  on  hard  Qiulcs,  till  ftch  trme  as  they 
arc  Married.  As  for  tlicir  Cities  and  Towns,  they 
are  fortified  for  War,  as  having  for  upward  of  two- 
Hundred  Years  been  Fmbioila!  with  the  Turksy 
TranfilyanianSf  and  other  Neighbouring  Nations  j 
the  chief  of  which  are,  Presbwg^  Buduy  Belgrndcy 
Gratiy  Kivo-haufel,  Great  Warradine^  Alba  RegalU^ 
Raabj  Commora^  Temefwar^  GyuUy  Agrhy  Ejjhcl^^ 
Pefl,  &c.  which  have  ilrugled  with  various  For- 
tunes and  SuGcefs,  though  at  prefent  mofl  of  tlie 
flrong  Holds  of  this  Kingdom,  through  the  late 
good  fuccefs  are  in  the  Imfsrialifis  hands  vthc  King*- 
dom  being  Hereditary  to  the  HOufe  orAuflria^  of 
which  ybfeph  the  Emperor's  Son,  and  Arch- duke  of 
AHftria^  is  now  Crowned  King. 

The  Soil,  though  for  the  moft  part  Unfilled,  is 
Botvvithflanding  wonderful  Fruitful,  yielding  Corn 
where  they  Till  it,  thrice  in  a  Year,  and  in  fome 
places  the  Paftures  are  fo  rank  for  want  of  Feed" 
ing,  that  it  rifes  the  height  of  a  Man  5  it  abounds 
Ifijewifc  with  Fruits  of  all  Kittils,  efpcciaiiy  abun- 
dance of  Rich  VlneSjOf whofe  Grapes  ricli  Wine  it' 
made,  and  Deer,  Goats,  Hares,  Conies,  aiid  wild 
Foul  are  here  in  great  Plenty,  though  nonc!)e  fj- 
bidden  to  take  them*,  there  are  iikewifc  Mines  of 
Silver,  and  in  (bmc  places  Gold  is  found  •,  and  i  1 
time  of  Peace  the  Cattle  fo  multiply,  riiac  they 
are  obliged  to  fend  great  ftore  of  them  into  tiivtrs  " 
parts  of  Ew(?ff,  to  prevent  their  ovcr-runnir.gthe 
Country. 

The  jlcligion  Eftabliflied  in  the  Kingdum  of 
Hmgflrj/y  is  that  h-  the  Komifl)  Communion^  tV.o^^gh 
at  prefent  the  Reformed  Worfhip  is  Tollerated.* 
The  chief  '^ers  iire  thcDambe^  the  Gran^  tho 
Witagy  and  che  Kitrea  •,  though  many  other  Water 
this  F*  uuful  Country  *,  but  for  Mouraains  there  are 
none  confiderable,  the  Country  being  generally  . 
plain,  unlefs  a  fcv  plcafant  rifing  Hills,  many  of.' 

E.  4.  them. 


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them  frowned  whh  Vines ;  and  here  is  die  Fa* 
mousBridg  of£j(/ect,  7  Miles  in  Length;  paflingi 
over  3  Rivers,  and  divers  Marfhes,  though  lately  | 
it  has  been  much  ruined  and  deftroycc}. 


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SC  L  yl  K  0  iff  7  i4  is  a  confiderable  Countf  y, 
bordering  on  Hungary^  which  bounds  it  on  the 
North  5  as  the  Adriaticl^  Sea  docs  on  the  Soutli; 
Carmola^  Hiftria^  and  the  Seignory  of  Venice  on 
the  Weft*,  and  S^rvia^  Epirusy  and  Macedonia  on 
the  Eafl  j  accounted  in  Length  480  Mi-Ies,  and  in 
Breadth  325,  of /f/i/i^w  Meafure,  Scituate  in  the 
.North  Temperate  ^(?n^,  between  the  Middle  Par- 
allels of  the  6  and  7  Climates*,  fo  that  the  longed 
Day  exceeds  not  1 5  Hours  and  a  half 

This  Country  contains  many  fmall  Provinces  or 
Divifions,  as  Windijhland^  Croatia^  Bofnia,  Dalma' 
tia.  Contado'Di  T^ar (I y  znd  the  Sclavonian  Iilandsj 
and  the  chief  Cities  or  Towns  are,  Zatha,  Zaca* 
ccr^yWindifgretz^^  Sagona,  Ragufa^  fcituate  on  the 
AdYiancl^^  being  a  place  of  great  Traffiek,  Sebem* 
cum  or  Sicum^  Zara  or  Jadera,  Scodra  or  Scktar)\ 
before  which  the  Turks  lofl  loooco  Men,  X;jf//, 
tiradislca,  Buman^  S.mgrad,  and  SiJJcg,  or  Siffec^^ 
^vith  others  of  kfier  Note,  fcacter'd  throughout  the 
3'rovinces,  which  are  partly  in  the  Hands  of  the 
Tnrks^  and  partly  in  the  Poilcflion  of  the  Impeiia- 
iijis  :ind  VenaiiW^', 

Thefe  Countries  for  the  mofl  part  afford  abun- 
dance of  good  Pafture,  abound  in  Fruits,  and  are 
rich  in  Corn,  yielding  fome  Mines,  and  great  ftore 
of  Cattle,  watered  ni  many  places  by  the  Vunubcy 
Sitvc^  Di-Ave,  and  other  Rivers  of  note ;  and  as  for 
the  People  they  are  hardy,  and  inured  either  co 
War  or  Labour  3  and  though  they  give  themielves 

.     riu: 


not  much  to  Till  the  Ground,  becaufe  the  Tu}(f 
and  VenetUns  for  the  mod  part,  reap  the  Benefit  of 
their  Labours,  yet  they  want  nothing  that  is  ne- 
ccffary  for  the  fupport  of  Humane  Life  j  forafmueh 
as  the  Cattle  and  Sheep  bring  forth  their  Young 
twice  in  the  Yearj  and  although  Corn  be  but  bare- 
ly cad  on  the  Ground,  without  Tillage ,  it  will 
bring  forth  Increafe. 

As  for  the  People,  though  they  are  flubhorn,and[ 
much  addi^cd  to  Pride,  yet  are  they  put  to  many 
fcrvile  Labours,  by  their  more  proud  Conquerors, 
who  Lord  it  over  them  as  if  they  were  no  other 
than  their  Drudges ;  for  which  reafon  the  Word 
SlavCy  is  derived  from  thefe  Sclaves^  through  the 
unmerciful  Ufage  they  found  at  the  Iiands  of  the 
Venetians^  when  they  were  firft  brought  into  Sub- 
jeftion  by  the  Seigniory  of  Venice :  As  for  their  Re- 
ligious Worfhip,  it  is  in  mod  parts  according  to 
diat  of  the  Greei^  Church, whofe  Patriarch  they  ac- 
knowledg  Supream  in  Ecclefiartical  Matters  i  and 
here  they  permit  their  Women  very  rarely  to 
marry,  till  they  are  24  years  of  Age,  nor  the  Men 
till  30.  And  at  this  time,  the  Venetians  have  30:  o 
Sclavonian  Horfe-men  I nroHed  amongft  their  Mi  i» 
tia,  and  have  at  all  times  drained  this  People  ro 
afTi/l  in  their  Wars  againft  the  furies  and  neigiiboui-, 
ing  Chrif^inm:  And  as  for  the  Native  Sclaves^  1  cir 
Garb  is  half  Sleeved  Gowns,  of  violet  Cloth,  and  a 
Bonnet  of  the  fame,  much  like  to  that  of  ti;c  SVor% 
fhaving  their  Heads  all  but  a  Lock  cf  Hair  oi.  chc if ' 
Crown,  after  the  Fafliion  of  the  r^/r;^^  i  th^  Wo-' 
rffen  hkewife  cut  their  Hair  indiffcicnt  fhort,  r^d 
if  fo  it  be  not  naturally  Black,  they  ufe  Arc  to  iL.,7 
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A  Difirifticn  of  Dacia^  in  its  [miry  Trin^ 
eifditiis  and  Vrovmces^  &C. , 

DACJA),  properly  (b  hcI4  in  the  time  of  tfie 
tiourifhinc  A^m/oi  Empire,  is  boundeil  on  the 
North  with  PoaoHa^  and  fome  other  part  of  the 
Kcalm  of  Poland  j  on  the  South  with  pare  of  Thrace 
and  Macedma  \  on  the  Baft  with  the  reft  oiThrace  \ 
atidon  the.  Weft  v;\t)\  Hungary  in^  Sdavonia-y 
held  ac  prefenc  to  comprehend  the  Principalities  of 
tranfilvama^.  Moldavia^  Wallachidj  Rafcia^  Senia 
and  Bulima--,  extending  from  the  7  to  the  10 
Clime,  fo  that  in  the  moft  Southern  parts,  the  days 
are  15  hours  ;  quarters  at  the  longed,  and  17  in 
x\\e  moft  Northern. 

TRAS;SILVA^U  tht  firft  Divifioft  of  Daciay 
takes  its  name  from  its  lying  behind  the  great  Hm*. 
garian  Woods,  and  is  in  tinie  of  Peace  an  exceed- 
ing Fruitful  Country  '■,  abounding  in  Fruits,  Com, 
Cattle,  Fifh,  Salt-pits,  Stonc^uarries,  Mines  of  Gold 
and  Silver,  Qiiickfilver,  aad  other  Metals  5  and  in 
the  Woods  are  found  many  wild  Bulls,  and  wild 
Carrie  ^  and  the  Failures  breed  many  fair  Horfes,  the 
beft  for  War  in  allthofe  parts:,  and  ki  the  Frontiers 
they  have  Seven  Towers  to  guard  the  approach 
froiTi  Hungary^  which  gives  the  Dutch  occanon  to 
C4il  it  Seven-Burg ',  though  the  chief  Towns  are 
Clkfenbmg,  Careljfadt^  Narmanfladty  and  many  0- 
thers,  and  are  Governed  by  a  Prince  of  their  own, 
who  has  a  long  time  bem  Tributary  to  the  Turl(S'j 
bur  f)[\cc  their  iaite  bad  fuccefs,  put  himfelf 
and  his  Gauntry  under  the  Proteftion  of  the  Em- 
peror. 

MJlDjOnA  ^aft  Mjiraiia,  faid  fo  to  be  called 
f  cm  ics  Ecamcfa  to  the  Fcnns  oi  M£otu'^  is  a  Coun- 
try abouioiag  vvicli  Wood;,  yet  very  plenteous  in 

Wjnc 


Wine,  Cdrti  and  Panares,  producing  ^rftit  ftorfi 
of  Cattle  though  thinly  peopled,  by  which  means 
ic  is bu(flcnderly  Tilled}  however  they  have  out 
of  this  Z^aW   Province,  fupplyed  the  great  and> 
populous  City  oC  Conftantinople^  with  flore   of. 
Provifions  y  fo  thac  together  with  what  they  fend 
iQ  Poland,  the  tenth  Peny,  by  wav of  Cuflom,  a-- 
mounts    to  i  $0000  Cr6wns  yearly  9    chough  the 
Gentry  and  Clergy  are  excu&d  from  paying  any 
rhing  of  this  nature  ^   Conftantinopie  receiving  froiii  > 
hence  every  year  500  Ship  Loads  ofr  Provifion. 
oflly. 

The  chief  Towns  are  Occarma  the  Seat  of  the 
Vttivod  or  Prince  cotUm  a  Arong  Fortrcfs  Bioh'- 
grade  and  Bendo^  and  hss  in  it  two  Afch-BKhops 
Sees;  the  people  in  Rdiglous  matters  following  eke 
Traditions  of  the  Greej^ Church. 

WALACHIA  is  another  Province  of  D^cm,  \\M 
to  derive  its  name  from  Flaccw^  a  noble  ktman^ 
who  was  Governor  of  it  in  the  timeof-rr/ij^n  the 
Emperor ;  (o  that  the  people  at  this  day  fpeak 
a  kind  of  a  corrupt  Latin  or  Italian  ;  and  this 
Goanrry  is  in  Icnj^th  500  miles,  in  breadth  120,  be- 
ing for  the  mod  part  plain  and  full  of  Padures, 
flourifhing  Medows  which  feed  a  great  many  Car- 
tie,  and  bring  up  excellent  Horfes  for  War  and 
Service  of  any  kind  *,  here  are  found  like  wife  Salc- 
pirs  and  Ifon  Mines  5  Mines  of  Gold  and  Silver,  t!ie 
which  for  fear  it  fhould  entice  the  Twri^i  to  feizc 
their  Country,  they  keep  for  the  moft  part  coa^ 
ccaled  j  they  al(b  In  fundry  places  have  flore  of 
Vines,  yielding  plenty  of  Wine;  and  have  for 
their  chief  Towns  Galatr^aon  the  Influx  of  the  Ui« 
vcr  Fruth^  into  the  Danube ;  Prefcortum^  PraiUba^ 
and  Zona  ,  and  is  watered  with  the  ^vtviDanubc^ 
Tdny  Allkta,  Fulmna^  Stertiuf  and  Herafim ;  and 
is  as  the  former,  Governed  by  a  VaivoJ^  and  de-  • 
pendant  in  Religious  macccrs  oa  the  (/ra^ChurcIi; 

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the  EcclcfiaAical  Af&irs  being  Governed  by  an 
ArcI>Bifbop  and  two  Bifbops,  and  pays  at  this  day 
Tribute  to  the  Turks. 

RASCIA^  another  Province  of  D4cw,  has  in  it 
the  Tovvns  of  Bodoriy  Zarnovia^  Cmn^  Ncniebardj 
Severire,  Colambes  and  Columbetta ;  but  continually 
lying  in  the  way  of  War,  the  Tm\s  and  Tartafs^hy 
their  often  marching  through  jt,  have  by  the  Wa fie 
and  Plunder  they  made ^.foimpov^rifhed  the  In- 
habitants, that  the  Towns  and  Villagfss  are  ex- 
treamly  thin  ^  and. although  the  Soil  is  in  many 
parts  capable  of  producing  Corn  and  Fruits,  yec 
wanting  men  to  Till  it,  it  produce^  nothing  mate- 
rul  ^  nor  are  thofe  that  Inhabit  it  any  ways  incou- 
raged  to  Manure  the  Fields,  as  knowing  others 
wili  reap  the  Fruits  of  their  Labour. 

SERVIA  is  a  Country  bjj  Nature  more  Fruitful, 
and  vvas  Antiently  very  Rich  and  Flourifhing,  till 
the  Turks  made  themfelves  mailers  of  it,  by  the  fc» 
tal  overthrow  of  LaT^arw  the  Defpotjon  the  plains 
of  Coffovia^  and  was  well  ftorcd,  with  Mines  of 
Gold  and  Silver,  cfpecially  near  the  Town  of  Zor- 
ber)kk^  \  but  now  they  are  cither  Exhaujfled,  or 
thrown  in,  fothat  little  advantage  accrues  by  them  > 
and  the  people  indeed  are  degenerated  fjom  their 
former  manners  and  behaviour,  as  being.  Rude, 
Glurtonous,  and  much  given  to  Wine. 

Tlicir  principal  Towns  are  l^tff*h  Vidp\a^Crit^ 
tov:a^  Zorbevk  and  Semmdcr^  and  the  Province  is 
commodioufly  watered  by  the  Rivers  Colubra^ 
Icrj:^  Ibra  and  Moravia^  wjth  feme  others,  very 
plculantnnd  plentiful  in  many  places. 

EVLGARIA  YtA^  >^ntitmly  a  Kingdom,  and 
called  by  the  Romans  M'lffahifenor^^.^Serxia  wasMiffa 
Superior y2nd  is  a  Country  vet) Mountainous  and  full 
of  rugged  Hiih,  flccp  Bcckf^and  fearful  Water-falls, 
takin>  ics  name  from  tl  e  hulgars  a  Scythian  people^ 
wtgiati*c}car  ^66  fuzed  upcn  ir,  driving  out 

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the  Antietit  Inhabitants  5  and  is  divided. from 
Thrace  by  the  great  Mountain  HAmw^  v^hofc  Spurs 
and  Branches  in  a  manner  over-ran  it  *,  yet  the 
Kings  hereof  have  been  accounted  very  powerful ; 
infomuch  that  they  have  worfted  in  fundry  Battles, 
the  Latin  and  Greeks  Emperors  ofConftantinople:  and 
received  the  Chriftiati  Faith,  towards  the  end  of 
the  Reign  of /«^w/4n  the  Second. 

The  places  of  moftnoteare  MefemhritiyDivogatU] 
Axiuniy  Kkopolh^  MarcmopolisySind  are  watered  by 
the  Danube ;  which  in  pare  of  this  Country  takes 
the  name  of  Ifiery  and  is  now  Tributary  to  the 
Turks  i  who  for  the  moft  part  imploy  the  Na- 
tives in  their  Wars,  as  being  very  Valiant  and 
Paring, . 

'A  Defcripthn  of  Greece,  i*i  its  Kingdoms 
and  Provinces  J  as  Antientlj  itjfoodj  &c« . 

Gil££CE  as  we  now  muft  take  it,  is  bounded 
on  the  Eafl  with  the  Fropontfcl^y  Hellefpont^  and 
^geanStz%s  on  the  Weft  with  the  Adriatici^^  and 
on  the  North  v/ith  the  Mount  HAtnw^  parting  it 
from  Servia  and  Bulgaria^  and  fome  part  of  IlNri* 
cm  5  and  on  the  South  with,  the  lomn  Sea  ;  being 
in  a  manner  a  Peninfulay  or  rather  a  half  Ifland, , 
commodioudy  Scituate  for  Navigation,  and  has  had 
divers  notable  Revoluftions,  being  now  intirely  in  - 
the  poflfcfljon  of  the  Turl^s^  uplefs  what  the  Venetu  . 
ans  have  prefejfved,  or  w  re  fled  from  them ;  and  as 
this  large  Country  properly  (lands  at  prefent,  I  •■ 
think  it  highly  ncceirary,fpr  tiie  better  conveniency 
of  defcribing  it,  to  divide  it  into .  refpedivc  Pro- 
vinces  and  Countries,  &c. 

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bania,  $.  MacedoniiU  6.  Thfacey  and  as  for  the 
Iflands  <rf  the  loiiian^  ^m  and  Fropontief^  Seas ; 

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note,  ^c,      ^  '  - 

Pel&ponefus  is  in  a  manner  inclofed  by  the  Sea^ 
only  where  by  a  fmall  Ifthmm  it  is  jbyntd  to  tlie 
European  Continent,  of  no  mprc  than  fix  miles  in 
breacich  jv^iich  the  Crc^wnx  and  yenetiam  fortnerly 
fortified  witha,gr<^t  Wall  and  five  Ciflles,  Anti« 
caitly  called  HexamUmm  \  but  in  the  Wars  vvith  A- 
nturatht\it  kcondTiirkiflj  Emperor  they   were  o- 
vcrthrown  v-  and  this  Country   is  accounted  ^oo 
miles  in  circuit ,    and  though  it  has  pafled.  under 
diy>rs  names,  it  is  now  calfed  the  Aforeay  and  held 
to  be  the  moft  pleafant  Country  of  Greece^  abound* 
ing  in  fruitfuthefs,  and  all  things  neccffary  for  the 
fupport  of  Hunwn  life  •,  adorned  with  many  good-^ 
]y  Plains  and  plea  fan  triiing  Hills,  furni^d  on  e* 
v«ry  fide  withfundry  commodious  Ports  and  Hfi- 
v^ns ;  and  tliough  for  the  bignefs  of  it  no  Country 
haifuffered  mor«  in  the  ruin  of  fo  many  (lately  Ci- 
ti/es,  yetit remains  at  this<lay,  the  mofl  populoul 
and  beft  Inhabited  of  all  theGreci^n  Continent  9  and 
near  the  middle  d"  it,  in  Laconia  is  the  Mount  Tay* 
£ittMS^  the  top  whereof  gives   a   pro(pe(St  over  the 
whole  Country,  which  is  properly  divided  into  7 
Provinces,  in^i  Achaia-Vr^iay  EUsy  ^feJfene^  Ar* 
cadja^  Lacwia^  Axgolis%t\dXmnthia. 
-  Athaia- Propria  has  o*^   the  Eaft  for  its  boundard 
\ArgoluzxA  Corinth  5  on  the  Weft  the  Ionian  Sea  v  oa 
the  North  the  Gulf  of  Z.e/?/tt»/o;  on  the  South  H/ix^ 
to  named  from  the  i^c^^i  once  Inhabiting  it  ^   the 
Adjkn^a  Fy^ia  being  added  to  difference  it  from 
Achaia  in  the  main  Land  or  Continent  of  Greece, 

In  this  part  theconfiderable  places  are  cAwreu;^^ 
Aotiently  Dymx^  Scituate  m  the  moft  Weftern 
point  of  it,  oft  or  netr  the  Promontory,  Araxum^^ 
^ria^  o»GS  the  chief  City  of  this  Traft,  now  called 
Xikfoflrpj  Chaminija^  Antiently  Olneus^  Patre^i  z 

pleafant 


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pltafintTbwn  Scituate  oppofit  to  the  Mouth  of  the 
GuKLepanto  *,  being  a  place  of  confiderablc  Trad^ 
^dmoflnoceon  the  Bay  oiCorinthy  from  whence 
it  is  CdMtdGoP[o'd\'Patrai  and  here  the  Englifl)  had; 
once  a  Conful  for  the  ellablifhmencof  Trade^  called? 
the  Conful  of  the  Morea^  and  is  memorable  for  the 
death  of  St  Andtew^  the  ApofUe,  \y ho  there  fufFcr'd- 
Martyrdom-,  andncxttothcfe  are FeZ/fw,  ffelljce^ 
BHris^  the  latter  two  much  ruined  or  rather  funk  itt< 
the  Sea  by  a  Tempeft,  about  the  time  of  the  Battli: 
of  Leu^res  5  Tritjta  and  Ffjera ;  but  the  chief  TovvfT; 
which  feparated  from  the  reft,  we  may  term  a  Pro-, 
vince  is  5fcyo»,  Scituatc  in  the  moft  Eaflem  part, 
and  gives  name  to  the  Country  of  ^icyw/^  abound, 
ing  in  Olives,  Wine,  and  Ifon  Mines  v  the  Inha* 
bitaats  whereof  count  themfelves  t)ic  Antientcfl  of 
Oreece^  a*id  have  been  Governed  by  a  Suceeflion  of 
26  King^j,  before  they  fell  into  other  Methods  of 
Government. 

The  Country  of  £/»<,  is  bounded  oft  the  Eaft 
with  Arcadhy  on  the  Weft  with  the  Jman^a^  oa» 
the  North  with  Achaia-Propria^  and  on  the  South 
Mejfema  5  and  has  for  its  chief  City  EtU^  giving  - 
name  to  the  Province,  and  was  founded  as  fome  Hi'* 
ftorians  have  it,  by  Ett(ha  Son  olfavan^  and  Grande 
child  of  Japhet ;  and  near  unto  it  runs  the  River 
Alfhem:  In  this  Trad  is  found  Olympian  near  to^ 
which  once  ftood  the  Statue  of  Juptter  Olympicm 
^oCttbits  in  heighth,and  every  way  proportionable, 
coitipofcd  of  Gold  and  Ivory,  by  Phidias  -y  and  here 
were  held  the  Olympic  GamcSj  Inftituted  by  fferm^ 
cuks* 

MESSENIA  is  feated  in  the  moft  Southern  part 
of  the  Pemfulat  and  takes  its  name  from  the  City  of 
Meffene  Scituate  on  Sinm  Afeffenaicw  now  called 
Gdjb'di<:oroney  htely  taken  and  poOcITed  by  the 
Venetians  v  in  this  Tra(5l  ftOod  P)los  the  chief  CitVr 

Village^ 


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Village  of  little  note  Metron  ov  Mcthone^  is  comnKy- 
dionily  feated  in  a  half  Ifland,and  has  on  the  South 
fide  a  capacious  Bay  about  3  miles  over,  fit  for  the 
reception  of  ^reac  Veflels,  Corone  the  City  that 
gives  name  to  the  Golfo^diCoroney  &c,  Cyparijji 
now  called  Jrcudia^  from  which  the  Bay  ad  joyning 
rakes  its  name,  and  although  th<s  Province  abound* 
ing  with  Corn,  Cattle  and  Fruits,  was  taken  by  the 
Tiirks  in  the  year  1 500,  yet  in  this  laft  War  it  is 
moftly  recovered  by  the  Venetiatn, 

ARCADIA  is  bounded  onthe  Eafl  with  Laconiay 
on  the  Weft  with  Elis  and  Meffene^  on  the  North 
with  Achaia" Propria 'j  and  on  the  South  with  the 
Sea ',  and  is  faid  to  take  its  name  from  Arcof  tke 
Son  of  Jupitn  and  Califla^  called  before  that  Fe- 
lOfgiay  and  has  for  its  chief  City  Mantinia  j.  near 
unto  which  thcThebans  in  a  mortal  Battle,  over- 
threw the  Spartans  and  Athenians  j  and  then  Epa* 
minondas  that  famous  Leader  received  his  Mortal 
wound*  This  Province  is  exceeding  fertil,  a- 
boundin^  in  Cattle  and  rich  Paflures,  Fruits  of 
fundry  kujds,  and  divers  Minerals  y  infomuch  that 
fot  its  pleafintnefs,  many  curious  fancies  have  been 
Fabled  upon  it  j  and  in  this  Country  Sir  Philip 
Sidney  layed  the  Scene  of  his  famous  work. 

LACONIA  has  on  the  Eaft  and  South  the  Sea, 
on  the  Weft  Arcadia^  and  on  thb  North  ArgdiSy 
Antiently  called  Lelegias  and  was  once  reckoned  to 
contain  100  Ckies,  though  now  ft  comes  very 
fhort  of  that  numlser:  The  chief  are  JLei<<J?r^j, 
AmycUy  Ihulana^  near  to  which  Hercules  is  faid 
to  kill  the  Hydra  5  Salaffia^  Epidaurw  feated  on  the 
Biij  o(  MalvaftOy  a  Town  well  Built  and  Fortified  ; 
and  Sparta  fo  calltd  from  Spartm  a  Prince  of  Argos  j 
3S,  for  this  part  it  is  wondcrtiil  fruitful,  and  lies  ve- 
ry commodious  for  Traffick  and  Navigation,  greatly 
abounding  in  all  the  Commodities  common  to 
Qncct^  being  plcafaatly  watered  with  th^  River 
^  V.    •  .  Eurotof 


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V.v 


Eurotof^  and  other  Streams  of  Iciter  note  ;  having* 
many  fair  Promontories,  Biys,  and  Havens. 

ARGOLIS  is  bounded  on  the  South  with  Lacc'^ 
may  on  the  Wefl  with  Corinthia  and  Achaia-Propriay 
and  on  the  Eaft  and  North  with  the  Sea  *,  taking 
its  name  from  the  City  Argos^  its  Metropolis,  once 
the  Head  of  a  famous  Kingdom  ;  andjn  this  City 
King  Pynhus  the  great  Grecian  Conqueror,  after  he 
had  Vidorioufly  forced  his  entrance,  was  flain  with 
a  Tile  thrown  at  him  by  an  old  Woman, from  the 
top  of  a  Houfe  ,  and  befides  this,  it  hzs  Tr£7^any 
Tymthiay  Nemea^  and  fome  others  j  and  grew  in 
times  pail  from,  a  fmall  Province,  to  a  powerful 
Kingdom  5  being  once  the  chiefeft  of  Greece  in 
flrength  giving  ^irth  to  many  renowned  perfons, 
and  the  moft  famed  for  tiie  breed'of  Horfes. 

CORIRTHIAy  though  but  a  httle  Region,  is  yet 
neverthelefs  exceeding  pleafant  and  fruitful,  lying 
towards  the  Iflmof  or  neck  of  Land  that  joyns  the 
re(io(Gree/ce  to  Febpnefmy  between  Argolis^  and 
Achaia  Propria  y  containing  only  the  Territories  of 
Corinthy  and  the  chief  Towns  are  Cincreay  Corinthf 
memorable  for  the  Epiftks  Sairit  Paul  wrote  to  the 
Inhabitants  •,  commodioufly  Scituate  for  the  com- 
mand of  all  Greece^  bur  that  the  Inhabitants  give 
thqmfelves  more  to  Merchandife  than  War ;  and 
although  it  has  been  a  long  time  in  the  hands  of 
thcTui[}(s,  it  was  the  laft  year  taken  by  the  Veneti-^ 
am  *,  and  is  Seated  on  the  bottom  of  the  neck  or. 
Iftmufy  the  Ibnian  Sea  being  on  the  Wed,  and 
the  ^gean  on  the  Eaft,wafhing  its  walls  ^  and  niake- 
ingoneach  fide  a  Capacious  Haven,  and  was  for- 
merly exceedingly  Fortified  but  of  latter  times 
the  Secu*-ity  the  Turks  fuppofed  themfelves  in,  on 
that  part  of  their  Empire,  made  then;i  little  mind 
keeping  it  from  running  to  decay.         .'^-^r.^ rrn^- 

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And  thus  much  may  briefly  fuffice,  as  for  that. 
fan  (^Greece  cnlkd  P^Ioponefits. 

As  for  the  other  Achaia^  it  is  propcriy  divided 
into  Anicay  MegmSy  Batiay  Fhocii^  t/ftoliay  Ihrisy 
Locris  •,  and  the  chief  City  accounted  amongft 
thefe  is  Athens,  once  the  head  of  a  famous  Com- 
mon-wealth, and  fometime  a  Kingdom  ;  and  is 
Seated  very  advantagioufly,  making  a  Port  into 
the  Sea,  and  was  once  the  Miftrifs  of  Arts  and 
Arms  5  and  in  St.  Paids  time,  who  wrote  Ws 
firfl  and  fecond  Epiftle  from  hence  to  the  Theffalo^ 
wans  a  very  flourifliing  City,  but  by  the  Wars  and 
Misfortunes  it  has  fuAained  ,  is  now  only  no- 
ted, for  what  it  has  becn^  more  than  for  what 
it  ii. 

MEGJRISh  bur  a  fmall  Region,  yet  very  plea- 
fiat  and  much  abounding  in  Corn  and  Fruits,  and 
Itas  for  its  cliief  City  Magma, 

BMTIJ  is  much  larger  than  the  former,  and 
was  once  all  the  Dominion  or  Kingdom  of  Thehsy 
ths^t  famous  City,  fo  much  noted  to  be  Isuilt  by 
Cadmus  the  Phmctany  being  the  Metropolis :  and  in 
this  Tr2(ft  are  found  likewiie  Aults  and  Plateot  and 
i$  watered  with  divers  plea&nt  Areams. 

FHOGIS  is  memorable  for  the  Mountain  Pdr* 
naffuSy  and  was  much  noted  for  the  Te.^ple  of  A* 
folU  at  the  foot  of  ir,  but  now  phat  (lately  Strufture 
where  the  De//>Wc  Oracle  gave  Anfwers  is  ruined, 
and  fcarcely  any  part  of  it  remaining. 

MtOLIA  is  another  confiderable  part  of  this 
Trad ,  divided  by  the  River  Pindus  from  Epims  •, 
once  a  country  of  great-notCi  and  f^ull  of  Towns 
and  places  c^ftrength,  but  now  retams  at  prefcnt 
few  of  note  tTuctft  Chalck  andthernmm  ^however 
the  whdeCountry  is  pIeafant»abounding  inPaAures,. 
watered  with  many  Rivers,  yielding  Tome  Mines, 
^d .  great  flore  of  Cattle. 


("90 

LdCRl&  though  it  is  buca  fmall  Region,    yet 
lies  Commodioudy  on  the  Sea  CoaA^  and  has  for 
its  chief  Town  X^^^ro^  in  fight  of  which  was 
fought  thef^mous  Battleor  Sea  fight,  between  the 
Tur^^  Venetians-,  and  confederate  ChrifVians  v  ia 
which  29000  of  the  Twl^s  were  killed,  4000 
taken  Prifoners^  140  Gallies  Burnt,  Taken,  and 
Sunk».  and  1200  Chriftian  Slaves  refcued^  in  the 
year  i<7i.  and  as  for  the  Tirade  here,  it  confifc 
in  Leather,  Qyl,  Tobacco,  Furrs,  V/heat,  Barly, 
Rice,  ^ir.  And  is  again  in  the  Pode^on  or  under 
the  Power  of  the  y^netUnu 

DORIS  is  a  fmall  Province  bounding  upon,  of 
rather  appertaining  io  Locrity  and  has  for  us  chief 
Town  or  City,  Jmphijfa,  bordering  upon  the  Moun- 
tain FrfKw^jjiif  i  here  is  alfo  found  Grwi^f,  where 
the  (lately  Tenvple  of  Venus  flood,  and  where  St.. 
F^ul  continued  a  long  time :  And  as  for  this  Trad: 
it/  very  Pleafant  and  Fruitful^  watered  with  fmatt 
Rivtrs,  but  none  of  note.    ^;^  - 

Epiriif^  was  once  a  Famous  Kingdom,  of  whRfti 
Pynhus  (who  Invaded  the  Romans  in  :kaly'y  wa*^ 
King,  but  more  memorable  for  being  umier  the 
Regency  of  the  great  Scani^heg^  who  with  ai 
hand&l  of  Men  (lood  out  a^inft  the  whole  Power 
of  the  Turl^fh  Empire^  in  the  Reigns  Of  AmuMtb 
die  Second,  and  Mahomet  die  great,  defeating  and 
deilro^ing  Prodigious  Armies  of  the  InHdeis;  and 
has  for  its  chief  Cities  Cmj^  Petrela,  Petra^  Aiba, 
and  Stelufia^^  the  Country  is  fery  Fruitful^  tho* 
&mewhac  Mountainovis,  and>  was  once  accounted: 
next  to  il^crWbffj  the  mod  powerful  in  Greece^  and. 
at  this  day  gready  abounds  ifiCattley  rich  Paftures 
and  Com,  v  ^  ^^ 

ALBAt^M  is  bounded  with  Mdcedm^  Sclavoniay^ 
Ephrus^  and  the  Adriaticli  Sea,  and  has  for  its 
duef  Cities  Dnrar^9^  and  >l/^/iof(>Atf,  memorable  for 
its  Breed  of  Hprfcs,  which  the  Twrks  ufe  moftly  ia 

their 


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C  9O 

tJick  Wars,  and  the  Courage  of  its  Inhabitant?; 
wliofe  Country  being  buc  Indifferently  Fruitful, 
and  too  ftrait  for  the  Inhabitants,  they  like  the 
Swifsy  rachcr  choofc  the  Exercife  of  Arms,  than 
Husbandry. 

MACEDONy  once  Famous  for  being  Head  of 
'tbc  Greek,  Empire,  is  bounded  with  Jiiiffa  Superior^ 
M''£(^oma,  Epirw^  and  Achauty  and  is  a  very  Rich 
and  FJourifhing  Country^  though  the  Turks  great- 
ly opprefsthe  Native  Greeks^  and  make  them  la- 
bour that  they  may  reap  the  greatefl  Profit, 
and  abounds  not  only  with  Cattle,  Corn,  andfome 
Wine,  but  in  it  are  found  Mines  of  Gold,  and  o- 
ther  Mcttals ;  and  of  this  Country  Alexander  tlie 
Great  was  King,^  who  not  only  Conquered  the 
greatefl  part  of  Aft m^  but  brought  all  Greece  mto 
Subjedion,  fouHding  here  the  third  Empire  of  the 
.World:  And  as  for  the  chief  Cities,  they  are 
i^dafja^  Andraftwy  Eribay  Scidra,  and  PhrlippWy 
©r  PhjlipopQliSil^mk  by  Philip  tlie  Father  of  Alexan- 
der'j  and  to  the  People  of  this  City  it  was,  that  St. 
F'OHL  ;Vrote  his  Epiftle* 

TfIESSALTvi3%  once  like  wife  a  Kingdom,  lying 
©n  the  South  of  Macedofiy  abounding  with  Plcafant 
Valleys  and  Hills,  and  amongfl  the  latter  are  found 
that  of  OlympWy  (6  famed  for  Tranfcending  the 
Clouds,  OthrU:,  Pelioriy  and  Ojjay  fo  oftep  ftruck 
^ith  Thunder,  ^and  Fabled  to  be  laid  one  upon  the 
other,  when  tlie  Giants  went  about  to  Storm  the 
Skies*  The  Country  indeed  is  very  Fruitful  in  ma- 
ny Parts,  and  produces  an  Excellent  Breed  of  Hor- 
fes,  the  Natives  being  held  firft  to  Invent  the  Art 
of  Breaking  and  Backing  them :  and  here  Achilles 
Reigned,  who  was  Skin  at  the  Siege  of  Troy: 
The  chief  Towns  of  this  Country  a?e .  Lamiay  Trie  - 
cay  Pharfaliay  on  whofe  large  Plains  C^/Jir  and  Pm* 
fO*  fought  for  th?  Empire. of  the  World  j  asalfo 

•  Pti: 


Phtlippi^  itt  whofe  Fields  A^guftw  CJtfar  and  Marcus 
AntontHS^  (Overthrew  BrHtus  and  Caffms. 

MIGDOKIA  is  a  fmal I  Country,  and  accounted, 
by  moil:  a  part  of  Thrace^  and  famous  for  nothing 
more  than  the  HHl  Athos^  held  to  be  the  higheft 
in  the  World,  as  being  %  days  Journey  in  Afcent, 
and  75  Miles  in  Circuit  •,  fo  that  its  fhaddw  reach- 
es fupon  the  declining  of  the  Sun)  40  Miles :  not 
are  there  wanting  in  this  Country  Cities  and  Towns 
of  confiderable  Note,  as  Thcjjaionka^ '  commonly 
called  Salonica  f  to  whofe  Inhabitant^  two  of  Su 
Pauls  Epiftlesare  direfted)  Appollomayl^kladiay  and 
others. 

tMRACEy  properly  To  called,  though  now  Ao- 
mamay  as  it  lies  at  prcfent  circum  fcribed  is  within 
tliefe  fioundards,  vix*  on  the  Eaft  the  Euxine^  or 
black  Sea,  the  Pr&pontk  and  Nellefpont-,  on  the  Weft 
with  Macedorty  on  the  South  with  the  ^^ean  Se^^ 
and  part  of  Macedon^  and  on  die  North  with  the 
large  Hill  Ndimur^  and  is  a  large  and'  goodly  Pro- 
vince, accounted  20  Days  Journey  in  Length,  and 
6  in  Breadth,  and  in  Relation  to  the  Heavens  reach* 
eth  unto  44  Degrees  North  Latitude,  fo  tMt  the 
longefl  Day  in  Summer  is  about  i§  Hours,  a^d  j 
Quarters^  and  in  this  Country  is  Scituate  the  great 
Chy  o(  Confl^ntmple^  fo  Named  by  Conflantine  the 
(jreat,  and  made  by  him  the  Capital  of  the  Roman 
Empire,  and  is  now  the  like  to  the  Tur1(i(Jj  Em- 
pire, and  the  chief  Refidence  of  the  Grand  Seig- 
nhurj  Built  in  a  Triangular  manner,  the  one 
Angle  thruiiling  into  iht  Main  Land,  and  the  other 
two  bordering  upon  the  Sea  5  Adriampley  Built  by 
Adrian  the  Emperor ,  and  Trajanopolii^  Found- 
ed by  the  Emperor  Trajan  3  with  others  of  leffer 
Note.  '"^ 

This  Country  as  to  the  Soil,  is  very  Fruitful, 
but  by  Reafon  of  the  fharp  cold  Air  coming  oft'the 
Seas,  they  ripen  not  kindly,  cor  do  the  Inhabi* 

tants 


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(94) 

'^ncstrouble  themitlvesinuch  tvidh  Masbandryi  as 
knowing  they  labour  but  lor  others  ^  liowever  in 
their  GardcRS  towards  the  Sea,  they  are  very  cu> 
rious,  Co  that  much  Wine  is  produced  from  the 
Grapes  that  grow  there,  ^hicn  is  properly  allied 
CreekWiney  and  modly  lent  into  other  Countries^ 
the  Turks  by  their  Law  being  forbidden  to  Drink 
it:  They  have  large  Plains  likewife  trhere  Corh 
grows  indifferently  Plentiful,  but  more  Pulfe 
V)\nA\  is  amongA  them  in  great  ufe.  The  Natives 
of  this  Country,  as  indeecTof  all  Qnecey  are  much 
^declined  from  what  they  formerly  were,  in  Learn- 
ing, Arts,  and  Arms,  as  being  no  better  th^ti 
Slaves  to  the  Imperious  Turks,  who  Lord  it  over 
them*  whereby  they  are  difcouraged  dnd  dulled^ 
even  to  a  kind  oT  Stupidity  \  nor  does  the  £la- 
^ence  of  their  Original  Language  cominut  pure 
flnxmgd  them,  but  is  moAly  corrupted,  infomucli 
that  they  in  few  parts  penedly  undcrffaind  the 
Antient  Greeks 

The  Commcrditfes  found  in  the  'Principal  Tradi> 
^ng  Towns  of  this,  and  other  Sea  Provinces,  arc 
Grograms,  Carpcfts,  Silks,  Drugs,  Leather,  Cham^' 
lets)  and  indeed  the  chief  Commodities  of  £«« 
r^e  and  Afia^  which  Pay  great  CuAoms  to  the 
Xirtmd  Seigmowr.  ^knd  thus  much  for  the  main 
Land  of  Eurofe^ ,  whole  IHands  we  fball  hereafter 
confider,  with  tliofe  of  the  other  Three  Parts  of 
the  World,  when  we  6ome  to  treat  of  the  Re* 
fpedive  Seas  in  wliich  they  Hre  pofited,  and  there- 
fore, for  Orders  Si^e,  Omit  themherc)  and  pro* 
^eed  to  Mfia. 


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raphkal  and  Hiftorical 
Defcription 


O  P 


In  its  Kingdoms  and  Pro- 
0ittceSy  &C. 


•   iWTl         I       -     -I'   ftl   >■ 


III       >^^ 


of  Afia  in  GeneraU 

A  St  A  held  to  be  larger  thsm  ^rafe  and 
/ifrv.ay  is  bounded  on  the  Weft  with  tlic 
Mediterranean  ztid  ^eanSczSy  the  //<?/• 
lefpmty  PrtfpmtSy  and  the  Tbracian 
Bofphorusy  tlie  BMacine  Sea,  P^i/lf/  AfMOtk^  the  Ri- 
vers r^n^fj  and  Ptdna^  a  Line  in  that  cafe  being 
drawn  from  the  firft  to  the  fecond  River,  as  its 
boundard  toEuro^e^  oh  the  North  it  is  bounded 
widi  the  main  Scythian  Qcean^  6n  the  Eaft  by  the 
^K\g\mQfAimntf  itictttdianOmnf  mdMttf^  M 


'■w^.i 


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*-  •  -^fe; 


,v.^ 


(  pO 

l^w,  on  the  South,  with  the  Mediterranian^  or  (b 
nluchof  it,  as  is  called  the  Carpathian  ScHy  bathing 
thcShoars  of  Anatolia ;  and  the  Main  Southern  Oce- 
an, jpalTing  along  the  Coafls  of  India^  Arabiay  and 
Perjta  j  and  on  the  South*Eaft,  with  the  Arabian 
Bayy  or  Red  Sea,  parting  it  from  Africa^  and  is 
indeed  wafhedonall  fides  with  the  Sea,  but  where 
a  narrow  Iflmus  joyns  it  to  A/wf/,and  tlie  fpace  of 
ground  between  the  Tanais  and  Diuna,  where  it  is 
;oyned  %o  Eurspe. 

This  large  Trac^  of  Land,  is  held  by  fome,  to  take 
its  Name  from  Afta^  the  Daughter  otoceanw,  and 
Thet it  the  Wife  o(Japetus ^znd  Mother  of  Prometheus, 
and  others,  ixoniAfms,  Son  QiAtu,  a  King  of  £> 
dia'-i  but  Qriginals  of  this  kind,being  generally  un- 
certain, it  will  be  convenient  to  wave  them,  and 
proceed  to  what  is  more  Material,  vi^.  In  Antient 
times  Afia  was  divided  into  the  Greater  and  Leflcr  j 
but  by  modern  Writer8,it  is  divided  into  five  Darts, 
according  to  the  Divifions  it  is  fettled  in^as  Firrt,thac 
which  Eorders  upon  Europe,  is  alotted  the  Great 
Duke  ofMufccy  ;  the  Second,  the  Great  Cham  of 
Tartary  •,  the  Third,  the  TurJ^,  the  Fourth* the  King 
of  Perfia ;  and  the  Fifth,  held  by  the  Great 
Mogul,  ^nd  others,  known  by  the  Name  of  the  Eaft 
India  *,  not  accounting  the  petty  Princes,  who 
have  independent  Provinces,  nor  what  remains  in 
the  Hands  or  Pbfleflion  of  the  Europeans  in  fundry 
Parts,  (b'^*  To  which  five  we  may  prbperly  add 
china,  a  large  Country,  very  populous,  and  power- 
ful, accounted  one  of  theFruitfuileft  in  Afta, 

This  part  of  the  World,  may  rightljr  be  held  or 
termed,  the  Ndblefl  of  all  other,  srs  conjedurcd,  on 
all  hands,  t)nce  to  contain  the  Earthly  Paradifc : 
Here  the  Law  was  given,  and  here  our  bleiTed  Savi- 
our, wrought  the  flupendious,  and  amazing  work 
of  our  Redemption:  Hence  fpring  the  Noble  Scicn* 
€CS|  dm  the  Cree\s  learned  of    the  Hebrews,,  and 

flOH* 


(97)  ;- 

flouriflied  ilnckf  the  Monarchie  oftftc  Mdesi^ifjt^ 
md  Kjfjnriani :  And  is  divided  into  two  Parts,  plr 
Di virions,  as  Afia  Mijor^  and  Afia  Afin^r^  the  lattc^ 
called  AnatnHa  -j  the  whole  Country  icituate  Ead 
and  Weil,  from  52  to  159  Degrees  oflongitude  ( 
and  Northand^onth,  from  82  Degrees  pfl^cicude, 
to  the  very  jQ^uator  or  iEquinoftial  Line  ^  fome 
few  Iflands  only  lying  beyond  that  Circle,  which 
occafionsthelongeA  Summers'Day  in  the  moft  Sou- 
thern part,  to  exceed  Ihtle above  12  Hours,  chough 
in  the  moil  Northern  Parts,  for  near  the  fpacebf 
Four  Months^  they  have  no  Ni^ht  ac  all. 

As  for  the 'Commodities,  this  great  p^rt  of  the 
World  abounds  within  general,  tney  are  Gold,  SiN 
vcr,  all  forts  of  Minerals,  Jewch  Pearls,  Spices^ 
Odours,  Ivory,  Drugs  of  fundry  kin:*,  5ilks,  Dyes^ 
Sweet-woods, ,  Perfumes,  6^c.  fltov  to  come  nearer 
to  the  DefCription  <rf^ the  Countries,  for  Orders  fake, 
it  h  convemcm  to  begin  with  Afid  Mmr^  or  Ajo^ 


%',:\. 


\^ 


■ii 


Afia  Minor,  or  Anatolia,  depr'M,  in  //t 
-  Kingdoms^  and  TrovinceSy  &C. 


'A.  \  r 


ASIA  MINi)  R,  or  Anatolia,  is  bounded 
on  the  Eaft,  with  the  River  Eu^hrates-^  on  the 
Weft,  with  the  Thracian  Bo^horus^  Propontky  Net- 
lefponty  and  the  ^gean  Sea,  parted  by  them  from 
TEume\  on  the  ^orth  mth  Pontus  Emkus^  or  the 
Bkcli^ea^j  on  the  South  by  the  Khodiafi^  Lydiart^ 
and  F^mp^i/i^  Seas,  and  fevcral  parts  t)f  i\\tMedt'' 
terranean-y  extending  from  $1  to  72  degrees,  of  Lon- 
gitude; and  frofii  ^6  to  45  degrees  6(  Latitude, 
and  is  accounted  in  length,  from  the  Heilefpont  to 
the  Euphrates  6s,o  Miles,  and  in  breadth  from  Trd^' 
k^mdiZ  Citty  fo  caljca  to  SShkj  f^uf  in.^fclrf,AQ> 
#d|iimd^  thc«a<M€  ^F^allel  of  ilieF«)urrh<  i^ 


\\ 


■  ■ 


^, 


m 


•m 


^the^  Sixth  Qime,  by  icafott  of  whicji,  the  J<>tt|eft 
pay  in  the  Summer  Southward,  is  (>uc  14  Hours 
4n4a  half,  and  differs  not  above  an  Hour  in  the 
^tre^meft  Norxh,  which  is  longer,  jnfomiich  that 
^he  Air  is  very  Temperate,  and,  the  Soil  veiy  fit 
'for  any  (ore  of  Grain  or  Fruit)  but  that  Husbandry 
is  neglefted  by  jeafon  cf  its  being  under  the  Turk* 
ifli  Yoak,  thougli  the  Rich  Padure  of  its  own  ac- 
cord breeds  great  flore  of  Cattle,  and  an  excel- 
lent Race  of  Horfes  j  -and  here  ftood  the  Famous 
City  ot  Troy^  fo  much  renowned  for  its  fuftaining 
Ten  Years  Siege,3gainfl:  the  whole  Power  of  C/refce; 
i^or  did  this  Countly  formerly  boad  of  lefsthan4ooo 
•Cities  and  Towns,  but  at  this  day  moft  of  them  are 
ifound  to  be  Ruined  by  War  and  Earth  quakes. 

As  for  the  Diviiion  of  this  part  pjf  Afia,  it  is 
properly  divided  into  Byti'wia,  Pontui^  Paphlagonia^ 
^dlatia^  Cappadocia^  Armenia  -minor 9  Phrygia  minor ^ 
:  Phrygia  .majors  the  greater  and  the  lefler  Mffias^ 
j^olU^  and  lonia^  Lydia^  Caria^  Lycia^  Lycaonia, 
PifidiafPamfhilias  and  what  in  the  time  it  apper- 
tained to  the  Roman  and  Greel(.  Empires ,  were  un- 
•cfcr  the  Province  of  t^ie  Rhodes  y  and  of  thcfe  in 
their  Order. ,.   vs'i:^.'^^  .'  ,;..::^  .  \:.^^^^-n-^  ;^ 

BITHT^lIA^  js  a  very  pleafant  Province  of  Afia 
mnory  formerly  called  Be^rrci^r^ndrafierwardsJ'^/g- 
dohiay  taking  the  prefent  Name  from  one  Bithjmw^ 
'y\'ho  was  King  thereof  when  a  Kingdom,  though 
*  fome  will  have  this  Name  derived  from  Thyni  a  Peo- 
ple ofThracey  who  Subdued  and  Pofleffed  it.  The 
Country  is  naturally  Rich  on  that  part  bordering 
iipon  the  Bofphorufy  oppoiite  to  Conflantinophy  which 
is  Scituate  on  the  £«ro}Mif  Shoar,  full  of  little  rifing 
Hijls,  and  grafly  Plains,  and  was  once  the  De- 
light of  fttch  as  iailed  thofe  Seas,  or  Streightsi  but 
<^e  Turks  (who  affeft  neither  Art  nor  Si^mptuouf- 
^&  in  their  'Aetirements  or  Recreation)  have  nei- 
ther 


-«-»«•     1.   -  1  «  -  »      ■  *-v. 


,J  'w  I,-  i^tifi: 


(99) 


>< 


dier  Improved,  Mor  kcbt  up  the  pleafant  G^rdeils 
and  Palfaccs  they  found  id  k. 

The  -Principal  Towns  of  Bithjiniay  are  Scittari^ 
hang  Conftantinoptei  CM<;etfo«,  racmorable  for  the 
Fourth  General  Council  thrte  Aflcmblcd,  for  the 
Suppreflionofthe  Ne/?orWHereticks,  Hicotnede^  f^ 
named  from  Kicomedes  once  King  of  Bithjtiia^  Libitf- 
fay  memorable  for  the  Death  and  Sepulchre  of  the 
Famous  Hannibal^  the  Carthagtman  General,  who 
fell  by  toifon,  Prufa^  once  a  confiderabic  €ity,and[ 
the  Refidence  of  the  Turkifl}  Kin^,  nil  Mahomet  the  ' 
Firfl  removed  to  Adriamipk:  Nice^  or  Nic^a^  ScV'  \ 
tuate  on  the  Fenns  of  the  River  Afcahm^  Famous 
for  nothing  moir,  than  the  firft  General  Gouncii 
held  there  under  Conflantme  the  Gtear,  i4wno  314. 
to  Settle  tlie  Peace  of  the  Church,  greatly  difturb- 
cd  and  put  out  of  Order  by  the  Jrian  Herefie,where 
there  Aflcmbled  no  more  than  518  Bifhops,  )ictin 
fuch  Efteem  for  Learning  and  Piety,  that  to  tJTis  - 
Day,  it  is  highly  approved  by  afllgood  M^n*,  and 
here  after  the  taking  of  Conftaritmple  by  the  Latia 
Princes,  the  Greel^  Emperor  held  his  Refidence  i 
and  the  Rivers  of  this  Province  are  Phillu^AJcamm^ 
SangarU^  or  Sanin^  but  for  Hills  or  Mountams  none 
of  note  appear. 

POKTVSy  or  Metapmtus  is  a  Bordering  Province 
on  Bithyn'iay  has  fot  its  chief  Cities  FlaviopolU^  Chu* 
dhpoUs  y  JliliopoHs^  Di^fpoliSy  Heracleay  Amnfiris^ 
FhUHimiy  and  others  formerly  very  famous,  but  of 
later  Times  not  of  much  note ;  and  in  that  Part: 
called  the  Eaftern  PmiHy  is  Sinopey  pleafantly  fcated 
on  a  long  Promontory,  (hooting  into  the  Main, 
and  memoralble  for  the  Sepulchre  of  Kinj^  M- 
thiidatef,  who  held  a  Forty  Years  V/ar  a^ainfl  the 
Romans 'y  Themifciyray  now  called  Famgoria-y  Ama* 
fay  the  Birth  Wace  of  5Jr4^  the  Geographer  5  C^- 
tii'ay  afterward  called  Dw^/^/,  noted  for  the  oVer* 
throw  LucvUm  gave  Kir^  Altthrh^tef  nf;ar  it,  whert 
*    .  F  2  .  C0 


,Vv 


(  loo  )  - 

to  retard  the  Parfiiic  <X  his  Enemies,  he  vm  Dbli* 
ged  to  fcattcr  his  Treafiireiin  the  wavjand  thereby 
efcaped  their  Hands,  with  the  gvcnctt  part  of  his 
J^oTces :  As  for  the  Risers  in  thefe  Parts,  or  any  o* 
ther  Division  of  Pontm^  they  are  not  (except 
Tbermodoriy  on  whofeSanks  the  ^W4^inf4ffi  former- 
ly Inhabiced)  of  an^yconiiderablenote. 

FAPHLAQOXlJii  though  a  Country  of  little 
compafs,  yet  once  was  th^^hief  Seat  of  a  Fovierfui 
People,  but  ruined  by  O^^^for  their  AlTifUng  the 
Z;'^^!!!  againd  him,  and  the  Principal  Cities  were 
Oan^ra^  now  memoraUe  for  nothing  more  than  the 
Council  held  there  in  the  Tear  339.  Cwka^  or  Co* 
niAtay  :fompeiopolky  Germmopoliiy  XomMj  and  Ath 
<&/t^^;  and  from  this  Country  the  Venetians  had 
tdeir  Original,  as  fpning  from  a  People  called  /^e- 
ftetiy  antiently  Inhabidng  a  pare  of  it^  aiid,.astlte 
Tcft,  tlie  Soil  is  very  Fruitful  in  places  where  it  is 
Manured;  The  Inhabitants  are  a  mixture  ofGreeh 
and  Turl^j  with  fome  CbriJHans  and  Jews  amongn 
them,  but  not  very  many  5  nor  have  they  any  con- 
siderable Traffick  at  Sea>which  renders  the  Province 
^poor. 

GALATlAy  deriving  its  Name  from  the  Gauls^ 
'ivhen  they  over-ran  thefe  Parts,  who  called  it  Gaul* 
Mfta^  and  corruptly  Galatia  \  it  was  likewife  called 
ifaliomGraciay  from  the  mixture  of  Galls  and  Greet" 
ansy  and  here  to  this  day  the^Antient  Language  of 
the  Galls  is  much  fpoken^  or  at  leafl  mixed  with 
that  of  the  Cfreei^. 

This  Country  (above  v. hat  we  have  mentioned  ) 
is  very  plentiful  in  Fruits,  and  other  things  neceffa- 
ry  for  the  Support  of  Man-kind  5  and  in  this  pare 
only  h  the  Amethift  (that  great  Prefervadveagainft 
Prunkcnnefs)  found  >  and  here  the  People  of  Old 
had  the  Vanity  to  throw  WrittenPa|)er8  into  theFu- 
wral  Fires  of  their  Friends,  as  conceiting  they 
ymid  read  them  in  tte  pther  World,  and  thereby 

i^now 


V.V 


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^r        •         «    . 


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C  «of  f 


■<■■ 


^^>:^ 


Know  tfic  terrow  tboy  uncle  for  their  Pepartitt)^;; 
and  weise  fo  miich  givrett  to  SacrifiiCj^s,  that  it  h  N(k 
ted  by  AihenaiUyhovi  a  B|ch  Galatian  §m  the 
fp^ce  of  a  Year^  FeaAedthe  whole  Province  with 
Ae  Flc/hof  fudi  Beafls>  as  were  ord^i^icfj  for  Sa*- 
critiees..  lb  perfwade  tfecin.  frqiii  which,  and  coi^*^ 
firm  them  in  a  more  Gloijotv  Religions  $c   PauL 
Wrote  his  Epiftle  to  this  Pco^e:    As  for  Rivers  of 
sote,  there  are  none  that  rife  m  this  Cojwtryshow* 
ever  it  is  fiipplyed  with  refrelHing  %eamS)  from  . 
Malys  and  Sapgariuf^ 

-^The  chief  Cities  arc  ^^r^na^  now  c^kdJn*' 
i^ri;  OknHiy  Afriama,  Tammtii   or  Tanium^  An^ 
drcffiij  faiar^fia^  Therm^y  zniTdlachbaewah  there 
arelikewifeliindpy  iei&r  To\^  a94  Villagik;  Ew 
of  no  Note*  >^^ 

CAFFADOCLL,  is  on  tbe  EaA  of  ^4^*^  ai>d  ]»-- 
ff  Countiy  abounding  with  Wine,  aod  fua<^  kiodi^^' 
ef  dufifous  F4niits»  mai(^  Mines  of  Bra(s,  Ir^  $k„ 
rer,  and  odier  Minerals  in  t^^  MpiintaiM»  andl  «k- 
ditr  Karts,as  alfo  flore  of AOon^iand  AlabaAen  npor4p« 
oveit  the  ChryfU,  JsifFcr?  and  Onyx  Stooe^  k  af« 
lisrcb  a  great  number  m  Cattle^  but  more  efpecially 
a  great  many  Hor(es,  infomuch  that  they  are  fenc 
incomoft  parttof^/^;  and  as  aboundardofthjs- 
Coantry  is  the  Famous  Antt'TayrHSy  a  ridg  or  chaia^ 
of  Mountains,  beading  towards  the  North,  and  i/i 
ir  iMSie  Born  moft  of  the  noted  Ring^leaders  of 
fbofe  Se^  ofHerecicksr  tV^c  fo  much  oppofed  the 
Church  io  its  Infiincy,  infomuch  that  it  grew  into  ^ 
aaiikMnr  caoaU  a  wicked  Man  a  C^pj^^i^n  ^  and 
Ins  for  itt-IMKipal  Cities  and  Towns  Errjmmy  up- 
«B  the  lQr4en  ti  the  great  Ametia^  where  tfie 
T^kifb   Army  unially  Wintered  in  their  return 
€roiiidMl9dt^tt  Esqpcditions,  and  is  th^Seat  of  « 
Baffii.    ^i^4M  once  the  Refidence  of  St.  £4/1/ :  Se^ 
b^4^  fo  Bamed  in  Honour  of  Augnftus^  whom  the 
^1^4  canM^4/^^  tan^fHiu  or  Tr^/oR^  once 

Fa  *• 


^e  Scat  of  an  Empire,  but  now  under  the  powe ^ 
:    pf  the  Turks,  ^vhere  the  Amarjms  were  faid  to  In- 
habit, at  tFie  time  Troy  was  razed  by  the  Greeks, 
and  till  difplaced  by  Alexander  the  Great*^ 
AKMEHIA  MINOR^  though  fomewhatmountai- 
pilous,  is  hewcver  a  very  fertile  Country  ^   and  is 
;held  by/ome  to  be  that  Ararat^  upon  whofe  Hills 
'*I^oah\  ^rk  refted  after  the  Deluge  h   and  fo  con- 
fequently  firAtohave  been  peopled  after  that  Uni« 
verfal  Calamity,  and  is  only  parted  from  Armenia 
l^apr  by  the  famous  River  Euphrates^  and  is  fo  in» 
clofed  in  moft  parts,  with  that  and  the  Mountains 
Tflwrw  and  Ante-Taurus^  that  it  is  difficult  to  be  en- 
tred,  though  in  other  places  it  is  delightful,  and 
well  watered  by  pleafant  Streams  iffuing  out  of 
the  Mountains  V  the  chief  being  iVd^j,  which  Ms 
mp  Euphratesy  and  is  fo  called  from  theblacknefs 
*ofthe:\yaters. 

-  This  Country  was  once  a  part  of  C^j|>^</(5aV,  tiH 
tV  Armetndns  wrefted  it  by  force,  and  planted 
their  Colonies  here,  from  whom  it  took  the  pre% 
feniname*,  and  has  for  its  chief  Cities  i^/Vopo/ifi 
Smr^  anciently  Melitene^  Oromandufy  built  by  Fom». 
jpO' the  Great,  in  token  of  his  V/dofyover  Tigran^s 
the  S)rtAn  King,  under  whom  was  both  the  Armei; 
iita%  Garnacey  Qaucufuniy  and  Arbyjfuty  whither  Sn 
Chryfiftom  was  Banifhed  by  the  means  of  the  Em» 
prefs  Euddxtay  who  took  part  with  the  Hereticksi 
arid  thefe  Countries  had  the  Blefllng  to  be  con* 
verted  to  the  Chriftian  Eaith,  by  St.  FmuI  andSu 
Fetery  as  appears  by  the  Epiftle  of  the.  firft  to  the 
Galatlans^  an4  of  the  lad  to  the  Strangers  (battered 
ordifperfed  mPontWy  Galatta^  Cappadoeta^  Afioy 
9pd  Bithyniay  &c.  And  what  remains  isinore  pjro« 
perly  called  Aftay  though  circumfcribed  in -^wrc* 
Hay  or  Afta  Afinory  viz.  ^  .   / 

Afra  hopria,    was  formerly  held  to  be  the  m^oft 

4chafld|loUriniingfariof  xhiy Femnfiiiai  liTulfy 

^'f     -    '  *  affirms, 


"  C  to;  ) 

.  A., 

affirtnsi  when  he  certifies  tlttt  the  R^oman  Tributes' 
from  other  parts  were  but  fufficient  tip  defray  the 
charges  of  keeping  them  v  but  Afici{^%  he^  is  fb* 
Fertile  and  Rich,  that  for  the  fruitfulnefsof  the 
Fields,  variety  of  Fruits,  largcnefsof  Paftures,and 
quantity  of  Cdmmodities,  which  were  brought 
from  thence,  it  abundantly  excelled  all  other  Coun- 
tries^ and  it  properly  includes  ?hi:fiu  MiuoryFhrjgia 
Major y  Mypay  Milis^  Ima^  Lydia  and  Carlo* 

Vhrygia  Minor y  fo  called,  as  many  hold  it,  from 
the  River  Hryxy   defcending   from  the  greater 
Vhryffa^   is  a  very  fruitful  Country,  moflly  Cham- 
paign and  watered  with  fundry  noted  Rivers,  as 
Scamavdery  JfynthWy  Simmy  and.  others  fo  mucK 
renowned  by  Hom  r.    Iti  this  Country,  upon  the 
Banks  of  Scdmajidery  flood  the  famous  City  of 
If'dr,  whofe  goodly  Rnins^  appear  in  fome  fort,  to 
dlis  day  y  and  from  the  Itihabitatcs  of  which ; 
City  mod  Nations  labour  to  fetch  their  Origin^?. 
Neart6itiiahds7ra/MorN<ii!>7rdy,  be^n  hy  Alext^ 
imier  the  Great)  and  finifhed  by  Lx/im^rto,  one 
ot  his  Captains,  who  yet  named  it  Troas  AlexandrT^ 
in  honour  of  his  Mafter.    Here  are  fou^id  likewi(^ 
the  Ports  ofLymeffiudnd  Sii^um^vf ith  many  other 
things,  upon  which  the  Poets  efpecially  have  beedi 
lar^e,'  who  keep  them  alive  even  In  their  Ruins  { 
fdr  indeed  little  elft  remains  at  this  day,  for  as 
^vfihasit, 


.'...ii**  >..%.^;s.;i  Tf^it, 


ir^^'fi.*-  ■'k:^  j*f^ 


Jam  fegef  eft  ubi'Trt^a  ftdty  refecandaqsfalcey  .  . 

LHxmatVhrygiofaniuinepingttisbumiif*.,  . 
Com  ripe  for  Sciths,grows  where  Troy  once  flood,' 
And  theSoils  fatted  With  the  Phrygian  Blood.    . 

■"^RTGtA  MAJOKy  joyns  to  the  former,  and 
i^ a  very  fruitful  Country,  abounding'  with,  fomc 
Com,  Wine,  and  fome  Olive-Yards  weir  watered, 
by  the  RLver  Sangmutznd  Ma^fyof }  the  former 

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tdriiigin Spring  in  this  Comitry,  difthasge^^ititlf 
j^to  thie  tkxhte  Sea.  And  the  Towns  are  G^rdian^ 
<tDce  the  Residence  of  Cfori&iJ,  who  of.  a  Husband- 
hian  bdng  made  King,  huiig  up  the  Furniture  of 
iiil$  Waggons  and  Ploughs  ia  the  Temple  of  Atolhi 
Hed  in^ch  a  Kmoty  that  an  old  Prophecy  run» 
That  be  wh  could  unty  it  fhould  be  Mmarcb  of  the 
Vtotld'y  Yilich  Alexander  theGrea,c»  upon  hiscom* 
ing  thither,  trying  to  do  and  filing  therein,  cut  it 
%  TupdlbjrMth  his  Swordyftewinfl  thereby,  what 
Policy  could  not  do.Force  fhould  tSkStf  Coi^y 
Wtere  ^ColoffianSy  to  whom  St.  PomI  wrote  one 
Of  his  ^psAles^dweh :  Mkdmm^  once  the  Seat 
fifMifasj  Fejinus  where  theStatue  ctCtbck  was  held 
30  grc^c  Veiieratioivand  being  from  thence  (hipped 
tot  ^me^  the  Ship  by  np  m^ans  cquM  be  brought 
tO{M^«pthe^7ikr^  tiiUlaVeflal  Virmni  who  had 
li(eeii.|iofi^(edot  Uc^i^  to  dear  Her  Inno*^ 

mmt  iiywM4g:ttpr^:ca^^      Cif  yo^iwiu 

hairve  the  Stoty  x^e«<  Jt  iif^the  Rif^^    and 

3ie  mfbn  wfcy  d^eRomaasfe  comed  if^wa^^  chat 
iiii^  Empire!  of  the  Wodd  had  been  proimie4  to 
thdfe  tfiatc^iild  get  it  into  the^  po^effioo. 
,  MfSIA  is  a  CditeSEty  l}dng>  asit  were,  tietweeat 
%te^hfiiia%  ful^li^d  antlently  to  be  z  Phifi^n 
>fldo|i;  being^imicH  tile  iame  for  l^rtiltty :  And 
liere  i^.ftiimd^the  PjianOtjimtmi  a  yail  Mo«nca|ii^ 
!Aitln&rf6^  tbthacof  tlie  fame  name  infirce^^^uxA 
lias  for, Rivers  of  note  C^caiur and  .^J'ft/^  on  the 
Banks  of  theformcF  ftindt  the^nce  fomousCky  of 
Pergamusy  but  now  of  little  note.  Therms*  like-. 
Xifife  the;'  H^ft^t^Ofmitni^  having Jts  twmm  in 
P^fiM  Mdpy  and  fallifigintd^the.  Propmifj  on^the 
Banks  of  which  Al^Mnd&axtiti  tl^  fi^  Viftorv 
^gainfl  Darius  the  VerfianKingh  whoiupon  his  im 
e^i^^into  i4/tf,  had  madcfovltcde  accounc  of 
iwiSy  that  nc(^nt  Order  to  his  Lieutenant  in  Anato* 
^^^c.himaliyci  and  after  hxmg  w^ped 

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^  CO  fend  Urn  bbitfid  ioMs  Pivfence; 

itod  this  Apjfah  divided  into  the  kikr  and  gr^iter i 
jind  here  (nndsche  Tower  ciAfydos^  over  againft 
SeftdfinThr^Cf  memonblc  for  die  Story  of  Nero 
and  Leaider  'y  with  many  other  thiogs  more  re* 
fflarkable^  as  the  Inhabiomts  flaying  themfelres,  to 
prevent  Mliiig  into  the  hands  of  mlip  the  Father 
of  ^erfeus  King  of  Maceiwi  its  being  betrayed  to  - 
die  Twr^i  by  the  Da^gficer  of  the  Governonr,  upon 
her  ^tiling  in  Love  with  Ahderachmeny  a  TurJ^  Of^  -• 
ficer;  upon  her  Direannng  (he  fell  into    a  mir^ 

ex,  andheooming  by  took  her  np^  and  wipel^ 
ciean,^^.  Cpfpcm^imKtmBxitiVonyM^Mt- 
Towns  and  (lately  Bnih^ogs,  ^c  And  in  Afyfia 
JM^or  are  found  i^'oAiifx^  DmtOf  Jirajimspiht^  > 
4i^^,  and  others.  **'^  f^HK^-  j^  /  ^ 

i4S!)i:/5^  and  iOKTA  Are  genendiy conjunlfc;^  at 
Gotintreys  much  depending  on  each  other>  indif* 
forently  Fruitful,  and  contain  (iindry  good  Har^ 
hours*   The  principd  plates  in  the  fim  are  Pitan£§ 
Mrnieoi  EtdOi  li^lM^  now  Sebdfto^k^  Cm  the 
the  chief  ill  this  fttrt  v  €umga  the  Birth-plact  of  • 
one  of  the  SfMUrmd  Fkma  ^  and  the  Fcopk  are 
hcWby /flfhr«pi«rtoddcendfroraHfl^    the  Son  of 
Javan^  but  by  the  many  Conquefts  that  have  been  - 
made  of  thb  and  other  Cdiintrcys,  whereby  the 
People  haivebeeft  either  deftriwed  or  carried  away, 
and  others  planted  ti^  cheir  fleads^fuch  Or^als  ^ 
BiHft  needs  beuncerfeaifl.^r   -     ' 

lOIiUy  *H«*  for  its  prificij^l  Crtitt  M/tt  m  atl 
Arm  of  the  Sea,  which  ArM<er«ei  affigncd  ti^We- 
«rf/?oc/b  dienobie  i4riM^,when  the  ingratefulOcy 
of  4fAfiif  had  baiHflicd  him  after  the  gloriomrCoH- 
queftshehad  AtxAleved  in  their  behalf.  Erytfira, 
memonlblefor  the  Habitation!  of  ^  one  of  the  SyBtUf 
Medmi€M^mene  and  others^  cfpccially  Smyitfiay 
a  (air  Haven  City,  onaBav  named  from  it  the 
1^^  %fw,  and  is  not  only  fiwnousfcr  compre 


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hrndiflg  oneof  Ihe  Seven  Churches  of  Afiat^  written 
t9  by  St.  jToi^y  but  is  at  prefent  a  place  of  great 
Traffick,  where  the  En^ifli  have  a  Fa^ory, 
and  mofl  fivro^e^mi  trade  for  Chamlets,  Grogran, 
and  other  StulS,  I>nigS9  with  mapyfiich  like  Com- 
jnodicics :  The  Grand  ^ff^w  haWng  there  a  Cuflom* 
Houfe  which  brings  ihayaft  Revenue  >  4in4  in  old 
<^cs  there  flood  a  goodly  Temple^,  dedicated  to 
J{Qimf  thcGrcek  Poet,  as  fuppokdn)  be  the  place 
of  his  Birch.  In  this  Trad  i&  likewife  found  the 
Cicyof  £p^e/if/,  fo  renowned  for  .the  temple  of 
T^am^  accounted  one  of  the  ^yen, Wonders  ol  the 
World,  and  was iait^ Splendonr ^3 ^.feetio length, 
and  in  breadth  22Q,  fupported  wiidi  127  Pillars  of 
polifhtd  MarbIe;euriowify^virought,and  was  indeed 
a  very  goodly  Scru&re,  and  to  ic  had  need,  foe 
after  It  Was  jnodelkd^by.  Ctej^pAw^^  moft  expert 
AcchitoB:,  it  was  200  years  in  Building,  though 
Burntinoneday<byJ??»^0rMx,  onpurpofe,  as  he 
alledgcdto  get  htm  a  Nam^,  though  otlnfamy. 

Idf>l4  once  a  famousKiio^dom  tillniined.ixy  the 
Fvr/f4»;/,  under  the  leading  xACjtm  *,  took^itsname, 
as  m^ny  Hiftorians  will  4}ive  it,  frOm  Lid  the  Son. 
of^/n/,  the  People  of  which  Country  are  laid  to 
b^thejrfl  Coiners  ofMonies^  and  Inven^ers  of 
iiindry  Games  \  -and  here  is  the  Mountain  Tomalux 
covered  naturally  with  Vines  and  Stylus  ^  and 
yf\ikh  are  very  fruitftil  VaUeys  •,  and  yield  the  bell 
Saffron  of  Jfia :  the  Rivers,  of  >  nptc  ape  ffermus^ 
whichtaking  Its  foucce^n  Pbvygia.MaJ9K9.f^9^^  by 
th<f!#irts  ^  Lydia^  plcafantly  W4teniigjche  Pa- 
Auresa  ify'c,  andfallsintaafair  Bay<>fthe£>f^e4/r 
Sea,  opening  towards  the  |fland  d[0axpmn^  9  like- 
wife  PaMmCdjlT^yZVLd  the  Meander -^  the  which 
l^^gh  upon  a  dke^  line  not  exceeding  60  miles 
is>^ycrthelefs  inmeafuring  tjhe  winding,  accounted 
^OQ  which  greatly  tetters  the  Country  >  in  which 
arefouiid  MiiiesofGoId  mi  Silve^^  and  fome 


(  107  ) 

Sooiucof  cditifidcriible  v^uc  i  'and  has  for  ic*s  chief 
City  Sardis^  fcatedonthe  Kivcr  PaSalus.  Phitiu 
delfMa  near  cache  bank  of  the  KWitt  Calftrm :  tff)rr 
atyroj  XWfce^  and  others ;  nothing  more  renown^ 
ed  than  to  be  of  the  number  of  the  7  Churches , 
to  which  St. /o^  wrote  his  Apocdfypfs  •,  and  of  this 
Country  Cropykf  the  Rich  was  King,  ^ho  was  de- 
ceived by  the  Oracle,  in  thefe  words,' 1/11^  ^ 


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CROESUS  Hzlyn  penetrm'  mofftm  fih^ 
opumidnu     /^    . 

f .  J  Thus  Etigliflicd  i '   -^i*^^'- 

When  Crafuf  over  Hatys  goes--^  -^y^^^ 
A  mighty  Nation  he  o'crmrows    ' 

;  Which  he  Interpreting  afciiordftgt^^  his^btmf 
hopes,  croflcd  the  River, 'and  was  vanqu>fhi8d  ^d 
takek  Pfifonet  by  QrMi)  ovefthriowing  indeed  hii 
own  Petipfar,  and  was^the  laft  Kin^ot iLyiirk . 

CiJrf«  is  on  the  North  of  X)<fi^,'in  wWchis  ch^ 
KiULdtmufy  where  £ir</i/m(9n  retired  foir  the  better 
privacy  in  the  fludy  of  Aflrology,  and  tliere  finding 
out  the  courfe  o(  the  Moon  and  her  changes,  gave 
occaiion  to  the  Fablc-of  his>  bcittg  beloved  by  her 
and  her  killing  him,  oUfff.  and  the  River  Safmatk 
whichenfeebles  any  Perfon^  that  enters  into  it  or 
drinks  of  the  water  \  and  has  for  its  chief  Cities,  ^r« 
MletHfi  Mtndusy /isfaclea  zvei  Latmunti  Borgiliaot 
Borgihsy  Milufay   Prjmaffm^  znd  others  ^  and  in 
the  Southwell  of  this  Province,  thrufting  it  felf  inta 
the  Sea  like  a  Promontory,ibieds  the  little^outitry 
vfDork^  focalled  from  Dorw  a  Gree/i  people  that 
firfl  Inliabited  ici  and  has  for  its  chief  Cities  €ni* 
duiy  Crejpty  .formerly  a  noted  Haven  Town  5  HiH' 
cayna£us^  yvh^rt  Qaeen  Arthemftain  Memory  of 
KingMaufolm  her  Husband ,  rufed  at  raft  expence 
a  Monument)  accounted  one  of  the  7  Wonders.of 


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As  ftir  |)^  people  c(€mdi  their  Mmei^  or  dm^ 
BU||i<^^  k  conjcdii|[cri  C0  (xe  dcfif ed  from  C4Ni^ 
lf}cSfii^cfjFki^^  Argot  ^^Ytfii  Bocbar* 

W^t^h^M^i^^^^^  fig- 

iSffxm  t  ftfcp  or  lUm^  bcQinfe  they  were  former^^ 
]y  dealer^ ji^JMaclp,  with  which  dicir4:oiimry  i« 
DOimdca;  ai^jIrilMJiDed  full  of  rich  Paftures. 

i,r<Z}^lyei^08Cth^  ^^^  o^C^riijicfaid  catake 
iu  nu^b^  J^duf fion  to  PamlmV^ 
and  is,a|CiQumry  iadc^  in  afoatiner  with  Sea  and 
i^^catos  9  tnefrieci^  Monfitmii  beiiif^  TawtiSf 
tb^liSggefl  in  A/Uy  y^h  begtnfr  is  cln&  Ptovincey 
juid;txcenc|s  to  die  Eattem  Sea  j  one  of  its  branches 
.this  Gpi^trv  is  thf  Gfjfmoi  caflkig  out  Flaniies 
(c..MQ»a^  .^SpM  |» :  whicji  gave  odpafion  to  thie 
r'i^bi^ci^  forJiMfr  tu^  CO  render  it^dreadfolf  by 
iik<;niiig  ic  to  a>Ioa|troii6  Btfift,  w|cb  a  Head  like 
«i^yob,  a  Belly  lil^  a  Goat,  anda;fTaii  like  a 
SSgrpe^ti  tho^^.  iooK  to  jltflifie.  thii.  Fiftioiii 
wiP  hayf  it  to  bcfioftMitrht  biHtpmt^ 
gr^ixeJ  in  th<{  inidw  ^y  GoatSt  tiid  comaink^i 
w^^m^^^i^M^  ftfupmg 

the Monlter,  mdb^|9  be^eftf^yed  %  6eger^on§ 
^i^iadtfed^lHkd  ^of^MhipgiBore  thjln^hath^ 
firft  caiiTed  th«t J4offfi€|]Di<vbe  ^ihabited  y  and  tfift 
Qpuntry  in  foQiMC  days  was  fet  opdenc^  thaedo 
cities pfno^e  wei^c  foiwid M'th  biit nofw  mpft  of 
them,  j^ui^ed  1^  the  chiff  iit  k  btoMg  Jjf»^  ^Mir^ 
Jk^r4f^Sclm4i  BJM^^^^  a|)d  Finde' 

04  ^  andfo powcifiil,  \fere  the  l§€iam  in  the  time  of 
^^jh<  J^yftf^i  diat^they  Were  not  widmip  great , 
difihiiky  broQ^  undftt,  but  from  thence  fii^rward  , 
fiulbwed  the  Fortune  of  the   G^im^  at  ^the . 

«(Ef^ mmwiATMrkf^ *a^, ;-.>:;.■-  • 


HtJOmtA  h  tOtonmry  feMMdFfhMi il»r  Z>3 
€0mef,  ^  fm^  of  £/rfi<;or  frdm  the  Lyenmcmt 
^Ptoplcy  the  IiifuiM«HiNS  6fX)icoii^'  «  Tdvm  in? 
#lii^^  4/^f  tlMl  hais  for  itfr  chief  Gkks  liijNiiMiyr, 
•dkice^he  chief  ReMence  of  the  €drmmim1(axip » . 
«lio  fo^ffoiidy  of  poMHi  ks  bediming  the  Growth 
of  the  O^mmm  Sinpire  %  Lyfha^  the  birth  place  d[ 
aStffof^  the  Eyaitgelift)  and  here  tc  was  cnat  the 
fiipeHliriotts  peptple  would  have  done.di?ine  5acri» 
ft^^ioFiuiwABandtAss  Parbe^  Larand^f  Farom 
lak^  Ad^f^fkt^  CmM9SBACaTatha\h\K7&  for  the 
Inhal^msi  they  are  not  found  m  Hiflory  to  be  of 
any  confidcrable  note ,  nor  does  their  Country 
much  abound  in  Fruits  or  €iD«n,forwantof  Conve- 
tdene  ftreamsto  waeerit*  ./' 

VlSWiAh  on  the  South  of  Lyem^  and  is  t 
fiuall  iPauntry, jrec  funiiffiRMl  with  £feat  pfemy  of 
all  flungs  neccffiry  for  ff uman  fobfiAance  $iniere 
the  Plains  extend  themfeWes,  thougli  in  (bme  fiarts 
ieis  nittdk  Ineumbered  with  Barren  Mountains  % 
anid  has  imttbeTownsqr  Ci^esof  4B»)ri(,  Se1tm^>^ 
diti  Lyfinrn^  Selge^  Sagalajfa^  ere$mia^  fermeffiif^ 
MMt^zndBhfmffkii  the  Andent  Inhabitants 
beim  ftid  todefeendffoniiihe  M»f^a  pecniletm  the 
Bbrdm  of  Ljtd4^h  and^weitfornMy  oaring  anid 
Variant,  ds  appeared  in  dtcir  oppofiog  fyms^  juii 
d^mor<  wonders  than  any  of  their  morepowcrfiil, 
NeigMiours  j  but  ik>w  being  tn  fiib^iop  to  the 
IVCa  who  hd*  them  as  Vaftlror  fflaves,  they 
har^  loft  mutli  of  their  COur^  and  Induftry*       ^ 

PAMmMmtAlm  Fii^e^Ott  the  North, ^ndfe 
feparatej  ftc»m  it  by  the  Mountain  TtfirrKf  v  and  its 
h^dfo^tdp^  tisrnameirpm  its  bcinjg  Inhabhcd  i 
bya(miKtiircbofNatipn%5;i^lm^  word^s^  : 

exprc^  n0  k^v  am}#ii)iic;|t^over-run  ivhk  the  . 
5purf^,<jr  Branchi^of  <^  . 

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Feod,  Hiir  for  making  Chamltts,  and  Skint  for 

.teacher  ,  yet  that  pare  which  is^che  Seacoailyand 

runsi^o  miles  on  the  Mcditerraneani  is-weliln- 

habited,  and  enjpvs  fundry  Towns  of  N6te,  as 

racenfiumt  CoMfrattkSf  Cretspolis^  and  Menedetmrn^ 
and  is  watered  with  the  Rivers  Cfiir«;,  CataraSuf^ 
.w^dEwfpnedony  and  fmcethey  nrft<  planted  this 
Country,  they  havel^en  frequently  brought  un- 
der  fiibje;jdion  by  the .Pontoifi  BerfianSf  Rcmanf^tid 
hftlybyche.7M)ci^/y  who  at  ^prefent  remain  Lords 
of  all  the  lefler  Afiayzna  good  part  of  die 
greater. 

.  CILICIA  has  Fimfhfia  on  the  Weft,  and  is  a 
veiy   fruitful  Country,  efpedally  on  the  Eaftern 

Jajvv.jind  isfaidtotaxe  its  name  from  Cilice  the 
irother  of  Co^mifi  \  and  though  it  is  but  meanly 
Inhabited)  yetitismuchcradoi  to  ;  and  has  in.  it 
many  Towns  of  ^lote,  as  T^/mi  the  Birth  place  of 
St.  Faul^  AnMahy  EpiphAMArAdena^  Mopfuefltaf 
i^ifoppRt^  Amaifordy  Seandehra^  and  others 
watered  mth  the  River  J^^nmii,  now  called  Mah 
nttfiruj  OrifmagduSf  CdUcadnus^  and  the  famous 
CydriHSf  whofe  waters  are  (b  Cool,  and  widial  fo 
ftppid  that  they  had  like  to  have  .proved  f^tal  to 
Alexander  the  Great,  and  did  fo  to  Fre^fci^the 
firflCrn^^ Emptor)  for  wbilfl  he  was  bathing 
in  the  ftream^.  be  was^carried  away  by, the  violence 
of  the  Current,  aiid  fn(K>thered  in  the  waves.  As 
for  the  chief  Mpuouins  they  are  Arnmrn  and  TaH'* 
rKf  accountedthe  largefl  in  the  world.  > 

ISjtORICJh  a  diuind  Province  from  the  fo> 
mer  feated  on  both  fides  oCT^mtm/,  which  renders 
it^altoeecher  Mountainous,  bein^  EaA  to  Pamph}lia\ 
{Mil^ea  in  the  mid^  by  the  River  Cakcadnus  on 
wjiofe  Ixmks  are  many  Vines  and  ^aGmt  Paflures 
and  has  for  its  principal  ^ity  andTowns  SeUnda^ 
li^jjm^^  CMktalU  I  andas  for  this  and  the 
7     "    -   '    "'"^*     -         -   PK^incc 


*  '  • 

Frdt'foce  6(  Ci/icid,  they  were  Anciently  &mon» 
for  Piracies  *,  but  ?m^  breaking  tlieir  power  aiv 
Sea  placed  them  in  a  more  Inland  Country,  and 
efpecially  on  thefe  Mountains  in  a  (bait  compais, 
but  they  have  fince  inlarged  theirborders. 

And  thu$  for  Anafotia  otAfia  Minor ^ .  except  fuch 
Iflands  as  are  reputed  to  appertain  to  it,  which 
fliall  be  treated  of  in  another  place;  it  being  our  de- 
ign that  nothing  (haU  beommed,.  though  we  ar^ 
obliged  to  be  brief,  conArained.  to  it  by  the  nar- 
rownefsofour  compaft;  only  note  that  it  is  wholly 
fubjeficotheTMri^/.  AVr^t"     ,  -^^t 


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The  Khgdohfs  and  Provinces  oftbegreatett^ 
...    .   V   Afia  Defcribed.       .    .w,-;^^ 

'J  '    '      '  ■■■..•:  .•■.o:>f,    ;  VM-i-fe'V 

AS  to  the  Boundards  and  Scituation  of  thit 
Part  of  the  World,  it  has  been  already  laid 
down  in  general,  wherefore  now  nothing 
remains,  but^to.defcribe.  it  japarnQilgr^^c.  and 

tQ  dp  thi$  in  order,  w(p  will  begip  yiifh^         ?-;  i 

*        •      -•  •• 

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^TT^HEKingdpin of 5jnrf,  aii it  Antiently  was^  is^ 
I .  bouBdedon  the  North  with  Ctlma-j  on  the 
South  with  other  pans  ioiAfia  mkm  y  on  tbp 
EafI  with  the  River  Enpkimyj  and.  on  the  Wicfl 
with  the  Afeditmaif^an  .Seat  And  is  Inhabited  by 
divers  forts  of  People,  Profe(nng  fundry  Religions^ 
9s  ChrilUati^cyy  tudaiCn,) ,  Mahbm^tifm,.  andjn 
foine  places  no^  altogether  >  freed  fron^Paganifm  i 
%  upon  4^e  Bo^di^rs  nes^t  to  A^meim  minpr^  th^rq. 

^^?M  :)*s  ^^Sh!?^9*M^h  *  E^^p^s  jybp  p^x  y^^^^ 


-•  .;  ■  (  ttt  )\*'  \  ^^■,...^.•: 
Bents^n  to  die  Defil,  «id  tfietodcr  aeoAibeV 
allet^  for  k  is,  to  prevcnc  Ins  doing  ehem  mt 
ehief,  chey  being  on  the  eoocrary  sffored,  that  God 
being  io  his  Nlunre  good,hewillnocln;ttrethenfc 
And  the  ifvhole  Country  is  divided  into  gJ^o» 
mcesy  lilt-  P^^mnt^^  Ciefc«£>r^  and  S^Fhrni* 
c^s» 

PffJ^mcU^  is  bounded  on  the  Eafl:  aiuiSbttA 
vdth  PakJHne'f  on  the  North  with  Sjtit,  fo  propA' 
ly  called ;  on  the  Weft  wirhche  MediterratieanScay 
and  has  this  Name  ghren  te  by  the  Greeks^  from  die 
abundance  of  Palm  Trees  that  are  found  growing 
therein,  the  Word  (ignifying  in  that  Language  a^. 
Mm  /  As  for  the  Country  itfelf  it  isnot  great,fbr 
though  in  Lengdi  it  reaches  to  the  further  iide  of. 
fftowatCdrmel^  and  agsun  to  the  River  Volmiui  on 
the  Nordi)  the  Breadth  however  is  (b  inconfidera* 
ble,  that  it  rather  feemeth  a  SeaKIoift,  than  a  v 
Country  $  nor  did  the  Fbatdcians  le(s  improve  the 
oppcntuiiAqr  in  fermdr  times,  but-  Mre  jlccounted 
me  cMif  ISMvigatorsof  the  World*    At  for  theCi- 
ties  denote  mty  ane,  Acm^  feated  in  a  Pknfant 
Wmn  ofgreit  Lengi^,  Belieged  t^  die  WeAem 
Chrifliansin  t^ir  Expedition  for  the  regaining : 
the  Holv  Land*    Sarepta^  the  place  where  the  Wo- 
man funained  Eiiati  or  rather  be  her,^  by  Miracle . 
in  the.time  of  Famine:    J/re  once  a  Famous  Sea 
Town,  but  now  little  of  ir  remains:.  Skhn  a  Plea* 
£mt  Place,  but.  wants  of  its  former  Largenefs  and 
Gnmdeur,  being  reduced  to  a  narrow  compafs. 
As^rfor  the  chief  Mountains  they  are  Lih^w  and 
€armds  and  as  for  Stivers  there  are  (ew  of  note,the 
principal  being  A^My  however  the.  Country  is 
Fruf  rftti  in  OHves  and  Vines. 

C^W'O^StRIA  is  mop^xompaded  than  the  for^* 
mer.  and  is  watered  with  the  Ri;vers  i4^ii  and  ' 
nmra^ar^  callaf  itt  Scri^itoe^  the  Rivers  of  Da» 


k 


( *ny   ■'  '■  ■' 

»riilg^f0!ts  iseyoniiif  wt  tte  Eoft  Pmti^of  i6r»* 
Jdbimf^  and  beo^iiigiliriBdly  Southward^  ihucs  up 
that  put  from  the  Land  of  Jfiaely  and  has  for  its 
chkf  Towns  A^^&fofir,  fircdHcd  from  an  Image  oE 

rafdy  ScftinipdU^  FhAaiilfHn,  and  Danrnfcut^  the 
Hdid  of  t^is  Pl-ovinae,  once  a  Famous  City»  bnc 
now  reduced  to  a  fmallvompafS)  however  tc  is  Sdi« 
tuate  in  a  large  Plain,  Invironcd  with  Hills,  and. 
watered  by  the  VdvcrCtiryfiKbemf  having  about  it 
inany  pleafant  ^rdens,.  Ordiacds  and  Fountains  ^ 
and  indeed  the  i^hoJ^  Cosntry,  vriiererheMoun- 
tains  interpo^not,  is  a  Tcrr^ial  Paradice,  whkh 
madetrhe  Impoftor  Ahlmutt  refufe  itfcir  bis  Regal 
Seat,  ltd  rwallowedopiiv  the  DdightSvaiBi  Pleat 
fores  of  that  Cbuntry,  he  Ihould  forget  tus  Bufi* 

SZmrPBjmJCU  it  a  thiril^iKmnoe  of  thii: 
RhigdoHi^  tfiKl  has  for  irs^chief  Cides  and  Towns 
Mf^i  aconiidcraUeMartToivili  thsugh  iKwbor^ 
denng  on  die  Sea^  bit  (landing  wtriun  the  iand^. 
^  miher  the  Maidumts  of  Meft^^  dratim  aUd  Far^ 
M  come  orcr  Land^  with^  tiesr  Catels  ladtn^ 
vUi  SilW  Ootlr  oEGcUmc^  SAvtn  Wmg^  ^ 
oes^  &t^  BMif  TfiftUt  siflKCl  take*  aiidjioftiUKl 
bytheM/^ftehiChrifliamyhi  thikJBmcmm  lo 
m  Hbfy  laiHl^  WKd  i»a  vvi^eeidiikraweSea^PGre 
TowQ,  lebrtified  with  mtmiig WiB^  tmA  msasy 
Towns^  ai»df)ilhnan9r  StQr74MnMS  fo»  Ihe  JlcGom- 
QKklatioiitdC  Merefaants  f  awl  ihai^an  oNheM^Mift* 
^tMjUmmit  dMrifaeikrhef  upoir  ii  Bke  aClittdt» 
akMifck  widi  Fnut  Ttfcts^  YlRes,  and  Trtcs  har<> 
bawiag  abomiande  of  ffiBr  WcrflBsi  but  of  tMs 
Coimtry  iMoete  ji  aecovaied  the  necropolis,  and 
opt  ftrftomjt  is  the  Rivtr  l^mnar,  whith  begin- 
nmg  in  att^^Sjm^vmlk  k  fdf  atid  ri^Minear 
4tfitm0f,  w^(|siwg^Mm^b^  ami  paiSog  thence  itf 


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iJiK  ■ 


'^Ti' 


"Wiles;  falls  into  the  Mediterrdne/m  Se^t^  znd  from 

hcm^caoLC  the  greaceft  part  of  our  Tapiftry  Hang. 

ingsj  ••  •         ;■•.  ■  .   *  •  ■ 

The  Buildiln^in  this  Country,  and  indeed  in  all 

Sjiria^  is  one  high  Roof,  with  a  plain  Top,  PlaiHer. 

cd  or  Terraded  to  walk  on  the  Plac^^form,  and  Arch- 
T  cd  (Cloiflers  before  the  Doors,  fo  that  People  may 
rwalk  dry  in  the  Streets,  in  alK  Weathers.  As  for 
-Religion  they  are  as  the  firfl,  a  mixture,  ^c  p 

;.,       A  Defcription  0f  the  Land  ^" '^ 

rj  ^k;4,i5.^^.;.^,;:^:    PALESTINE^,;       ..^^ 

1 'PALESTINE  is  bounded  v^ich  the  Hiih  of  Ueh 
mottj  on  the  £a(l  parted  by  them  from  C^/o- 
Syriaj  and  AraMa  Defma  v  on  the  WeA  with  tk 
A/ed^ireifr^iiMff  Sea,  and  fome  part  of  Fhrnida'-,  on 
-the  North  with  Ante^Libanusy  and  the  remainii^g 
part  oi  Pbmcia'j  on  the  South  with  Arabia  tht 
^tony,  caHlcd  Paleftme,  from  the  Pi&jlft^fjr/,  a  P^o- 
:  pie  tnat  lohabic  it  v  but  it  is  not  con)e<5tored  they 
held  any  more  than  a  part  of  it,  but  being  very 
Fowerlurgave  a  general  Name  to  this  Country  9  as 
i^e  Apaticks  ufually  caUthe  Europeans  Fmni^x,  from 
Friiiic?,  which  is  only  a  fmall  oart  of  it  \  however 
we  will  take  it  as  formerly  it  itood,  a;f^.  its  Divi- 
.^.ivaamtoGatikoy  Jfudiaj  Idnma^  and  Samana^zC' 
counted  :Aoo  Mies  in  Length,  though  not  above  $0 
Jn  Breadth,  poflieiTed  by  the  Tribes  of  J^raetiti  the 
land  Promifcd  to  Ak^h^m^  ^.  i'~  ^ 

.-.  Gi4£/££ii  is  accounted  the  moft  Nordiem  Parr 
of  PakJHniti  being  divided  into  the  higher  and  low- 
er, the  iirft  allotted  to  the  Tribes  ciNapthali^Afhtr^ 
ainid  pant  of  the  Tribe  of  Dtaii  is  a  pleafiint  Country 
atipittidtng  with  all  manner,  of  ""ruits,  and  Eicube* 
tsm^  that  for  its  Pknty  this  Conjunf^  With  thereft, 
was  called  a , Land  flowing  wltli  Milk  and  Hooey, 
^e  chief  Cities  bcin^  Apbeclt^  whofd  Wall  falling 
ftew  2,jooo  of  Bcnbadat^  SolditT^  Gtfcal4%th^ 
.:.-.  V  Bifth-- 


i';. 


Birch-place  (XJehuy  who  Slew  jGram\i\%  Mafter,and' 
took  upon  1^  the  Kingdom ;  here  is  likewife  found' 
Capernaum^  where  our  Blefled  Saviour  healed  the 
Centurions  Servant,  and  Fed  ^ooo  with  5  Loiaves 
and  2  Fifhes ;:  not  far  from  it  RibUy  where  Unfor^ 
tunate  Kin^  Zedel(iah,d,^cr  he  had  feen  the  {laughter 
o£  his  Children,  had  his  Eyes  put  out,  and  to 
thefe  we  may  add  GenefaretPy  Hamath^  and  A4- 
math,  -::'^tf«:,  •        \;.^.        •:  •    ^. 

f  As  for  the  lower  GaliUa^  it  conuined  the  Tribes 
ofZehuhn  and  Ijfacharj^nd  the  fir  A  of  thefe  hadfof 
their  chief  Cities  Cana,  where  our  Blcfl^d  Savioui^ 
wrought  his  firft  Miracle*,  Bethfrnda^  the  Birth  plactf 
of  St,  PeterySt.  Andrew^  and  St.  Philip.  Ntppopolhi: 
Tiberiat  on  the  Sea  Coafl,  and  fome  other  Towns 
of  leffcr  note,  as  Ndsidreth,  and  Betbulid  •,  here  ii  \ 
likcwHe  found  the  Mount  TaboKy  on  which  oui9 
lotd  was  Transfigured,  as  a  manifeflation  of  his 
Glory,  as  alfo  the  Brook  K(/^ii,  out  of  whichik>w^ 
the  Famous  %?cir  beurtng  that  Name.  v!idva  f        ;  ^ 
llie  principal  places  appertaining  to  the  Tribe 
of  Ijjachari  were  iMchea^  on  the  fide  of  the  Lake^ 
about  Eight  miles  from  fibefUr,  and  wasfo  floutly 
defended  againfl  Vefpatiariy   that  it  cofl  him  the 
Lives  of  1200  men,  before  he  made  himfelf  Mafler- 
of  it  ^  ChijhomCitf  of  the  Levites,A4me^^  caliedr 
i\io  farmovthy  another  Gity  of  rheLevites^  wherc- 
the  Hills  of  C^i/^ittake  their  beginning,  and  pafs* 
Wcftward  to  the  MedittnaneanyZnA  Eaff  to  Jexyeel^ 
En-haddady  near  which  6^4Mrbeing  difcomnted  by: 
the  Philiftinsy  flew  himfelf  in  dilpair.    Hdtm^  otr 
die  Banks  of  the  River  Kifin^  where  our  bleifed 
Saviour  raifed  the  Widows  Son'  to  Life^and'on 
die  B^csof  thefamCiRiv^r  flandeth  :/f4|>^iX2m  or 
Aphraimy  Endofy  the  place  where  Saul  confulted) 
the  Witch,  abdMt  the  raifing  Sanmeh  Deborathy 
oqe  of  the  Cities  of  Refbge,  ArheUg   &c»    And  ak 
thoi^  thefe  Tdbei  are  held  to  be  carried  away  ^yr 

Sdlmanajfer^ 


^/;..^ 


'irn.' 


; 


^  ^"^ 


rS^mdiufftr^  At  QMetms  placed  in  their  ficad, 
yee  they  were  ftrift  Gomplyers  with  the  Jevifh 
Cercmooies  9»A  CuflMit,  and  (b  oeaioufly  a^aied 
thfic  fidttar  Threstfi  non  Force  conidomige  them 
to  offer  Sflcttfc^tt)  the  Hcaltkof  the  RmaiLtjai. 

<  SAi^fAMJA^  fhe  QiuB»y  taking  its  name  from 
the  chief  Cior,  is  l?ounded  on  tte  JSaft  with  the 
Rfirer  fcrJanyoh  the  Weft  with  the  Mdirerrsnean 
Seyj  OB  thcNbrthivith!^'/^^  and  oil  the  South 
vvlahJtiJea^:  And^tfttstnaii  |nu:t$  a  curious  Pro- 
fyt^  of  pkiint  Fields  and  V^lkysr  with  little 
riifi^  Hilfi^  from lillenit ifflierefrdhtng  Sti^ams ; 
ft^is  every  fcat^eo^  bicer  with  Fountains,  afford- 
itif  jibundteiceof  <jlBi6,  andconfeqnendy  a  great 
Wfmb^  o£€atd&  $  and  die  P^cpk  were  &r  the 
moftTparr4|M^f,  font  thither  by  that  Conoue* 
liiigBum  tolsf^y  the  places  of  the  Captive  J^r^ 
y^^jsmd^mc  Gendaesat^iiK  better  JnAniAed 
By  the  Lyons  Godfent  anioiif0iiien»  nd  after* 
wrdtby  tticPriefl,  who  retooMd  widi  die:  Bive 
lodci  of  Mfd^  and  taa^  thffft  dK  manncc  of  die 
Gddflf  dleltaiid,  ^iOisif*  Howerer  they  fire^ 
qoen^  feflqyfedaodlfortek  dieir  living  Stren^tli^ 
as  liniy  Icwi  ift^Hdy  Wtic:  audi  tbu  Pnmnce 
^  it»  fatJBg  ftft  pbSsfid  bjr  the  Ciuldfen  oT 
jmf^wndttaedsDtBe  TBbe  of  SpMm^mi  the 
•TO!  Ifaril  1!ribes  of  MtaMsi  the  one  feared  oH 
tile  Mdimrmam,  aai  the  odier  beyond  %rdtM, 
In  Ar  hdf  Irifae  of  Jtojjp»%  oft  dieilNitrmf* 
MB%  due  diicf  Ckiei  woe  fcwndi  to  be  fi^oi. 

Jofptidillkgdi^ThNt  Of  fiir^^^s^aad  oitoi> 
nuiycf  them  memcraUein  Soripwre  opon  fiuip 
dtyooadfoiWf 

Hie  TVibe  of  Efhfdm  had  for  their  chief  Cidev 
or  diof^  coBfideraUe  j^aces,  5<<rtii,  on  the  Mtdu 
ttrrammi^  Ifddn^  Ajmn  or  Sckf^  a  Qey  «f  the 

Lc* 


V       ;     <    117   ) 

Xe?ifie$,  Thmttb^ates^  ^ven  to  ^f^idh,  Aiafk 
or  AtUrfHi  where  JMat  Afaechubemtyrmnev/  with  * 
^000  iiieii»  the  vaft  Army  df  Nicmcr:  ftjkifi 
or  Fd/etU,  rgbitminitte  xa  tHe^ri^iliilrf/,  i^ac  were ' 
of  Dumfg'Qta^rAi  Mh  ^fiusttc  on  ihe  4K>p  of  t 
lofcyMoimiain,  atidrhereceptadleof  theArk»tiH 
nkenbyidieiP^jNMer-,  Michmm^dit^hiBetlkirmii 
che^Gtty  of  die  Ixwtt^Sy  ¥irbatbotit  Sitmr^  m4^ 
S0n0i4^nii/t  tlicmfpo)a%  of  die  Kingdom  of  fr/i^4 
founded  by  Cwd^  oircof  ^Heir  Kingi,  on  ^hetop 
df  the  Mouittain  Samon^  ?taktog  'dieiiCe  its  ^tMihe)   ' 
overlookins  the  Sea-coafl^  and  ^ivos  tery  fta^y 
a«d  msttn^cent,  vying  vwith  Jetifttkmy  f bnc  much   , 
impaired  by  die  Wars  ihac  have  frequently  hap* 
|ened,  and  at  this  day  Scarce  to  be  found,   or  at 
lead  extreamly  wanting  of  its  former  Olory  -,  and 
ia  this  eompafs  mixed  together  in  a  manner  th<e 
odier  Tribes  mendoned  were  contained. 

fVDEA^  The  Country  df  the  more  peculiar 
remnantof the  feirj,  contamkif  the  Tiibeof /«/«, 
hutmaybefaifttoiie  divided  between  the  Philh' 
fiines,   the  Tribes  of  Din,  Sinmn^  and  Bef^anmii 
At  firfl  the  i^/&x/r/!iitei  commanded  the  Sea  Ct$& 
front  the  South  t^BhmAiy  to  the  North  dEUumea » 
or  from  the  City  of  (taa^a^   to  the  CsifUeof  Pil«» 
gritns,  taking  both,  except  7#J|^^  into  the  Accompr, 
and  but  that  and  all  the  Northern  Towns  were  the' 
Ifraelites^  and  though  the  Philiflines  held  no  more 
then  foe  of  note,  yet  they  were  of  fndi  importance  ^ 
M  fofhrongly  fortified,  that  having  the  &/o/Mf^<;r 
to  back  them,  andibmeloither  Neighbours,  who' 
rclifhed  hot  the  Jewifh  Nation^they  perplexed  and  f 
wearied  them  condnuaHy  ivith  Wars  and  Inroads, 
and  became  more  trouble(bm,than  the  whole  body  of 
the  C'^mf/rnffex ;  which  Towns  were  Cr^r^  or  Oeth^ 
where  the  Giant  Gotiah  (lain  by  Dd\fid  was  Born; 
Aeear§n  on  the  South  of  (ruth^  a  Town  of  great 
Wealth  and  Power>    Aflfdod^  hy  tht  emtini  atU 


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i^AK^otoH  Memonible  for  the  Temple  of  D^on^ 
wfiither  the  Ark  of  the  Lord  was  carryed  when 
taken  by  the  Pbiliftinerj  i4jc/</(m9  Scituate  on  the 
Goailof  the  Mdtterraneaihf  aad  firfl 'Founded  by  a 
Uob^'Lydhn^  Qms^  more  Inland,  iignifying  in 
the  FerSrm  Languuigethe  Place  of  Treafure,  w&re 
indeed  CA'wfy/^x  layed  up  the  Tribute  of  thofe 
Ctouotriesv  and  Majpmft  the  Port  Town  'of  Ga^a  : 
And  in  thefethey  had' their  flrong  HoldSj  from 
^lich.they .  fo  pftea  vexed  the  Ifraelites. 

Thcchirf.pUcc^^c^effed  by  the  Tribe  of  Dan 
"^rer-jE^^,  fin(^<:alled  Jaffa^  onoc  a  Famous 
K(art  Town,  ana  the  Principal  Haren  of  thqie  parts, 
t^en  by  the  Cnriflkns  in  the  Holy  War;  Ramaot 
as  the  Moors  csdVd  it  RmulOy  built  with  Free* 
ftone,.and  fcituate  upom  riiing  Hills,  in  a  Sandy 
Pkin^  where  yet  remain  the  Ruines  of  a  Mon<^c- 
ry  and  fcvcrdCbriftian  Churches.  //nnM,  the  place 
where  Judat  MKxhuheitt  Burnt  the  Syrian  Fleet, 
Ceder^oT  CedM",  Modim^  where  the  Macchabees  were 
Buried;  Gibbetbon^  Camthjmm^  Beth'fljeme/h>,  to 
which  the  Ark  was  brought  by  the  Oxen,  when 
<Urmifs!d  by  the  PhiUJlms ;  Tifrab^  Cafpin\  Latbk, 
j^alon,  a  City  of  the  Levites^  mentbtied  before  in 
the  Tribe  of  Ephraimy  in  the  Borders^whereof  ic 
isScituate;  wK.ch  occasions  Authoh  to  difagree  in 
which  Tribe  to  place  ic,and  therefore  leave  it  indif- 
ferently to.cither. 

To  the  Tribe  <A  Simeon  is  afcribed  the  Cities  and 
Towns  ofGerar'j  Sicelegy  or  Ziglag'j  Haijrif  a  City 
of  Lmt€s\  Cariatb'Scphery  Interpreted  the  City  of 
Books,  wichin  the  Borders  of  Shnemy  but  apper* 
taining  to  Jtdahs  and  Chormuy  with  others  of 
Waller  note,  rather  Villages  than  Tcwns^ 

The  Tribe  of  j^udah,  (6  called  from  Judah  the 
t^'ourth  Son  of  Leahy  had  for  its  Lot  Arda,  Scituatc 
in  the  Entrance  of  Judea ;  flebrofiy  one  of  the  An- 
tientell  Cities  of  the  Canaanites^  forrticrly  Inl  abi- 

ted 


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Famous 

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KamAKx 

ich  Free- 

i  a  Sandy 

Monafle- 

the  place 

im  Fleet. 

abtti  were 

^tmtfii^  to 

:cii,  when 

before  in 
irhereof  it 
fifjgree  in 
veit  indif* 

Cities  and 

'.ijn^  a  City 

:he  City  of 

but  appcr- 

others  of 

Juddh  the 
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of  the  An- 
rly  Inl  abi- 
ced 


redW  the  Ciantrlike  Sons  d  Anal^i  ot  Anal^yiht 
Word  'fignifying  a  Chain,    and  here  it  Was  that 
Abraham,  bought  a  Buryal  Place  for  his Deaci,  and 
Buried  his  wife  SaroPsTecodf  the  City  of  Amos  y 
Jtthtry'ox  Jutters  Marefa^  where  the  Prophet  ^f- 
c^  vmsbomyEmmauSy  iince  called  ATicc^//};  jFIa* 
foti  or  Chatfor^  one  of  the  Frontier  fowns^f /i«m^4$ 
OdtJldy.ot  Hadulluns    Ceila^  or  Ketla^  where D/f- 
'M  hid  himfelf  when  he  fled  from  Sauh  Eleutherem 
fdisy  or  the  free  City,  notfar  from  J^ebrun',  A^eca ;  . 
Beth  fury  or  Bethfira^  fi^nifying  the  Hoiife  Of  Rocks, 
alluded  from  its  (landmg  on  a  Reeky  (till ;  Ado' 
rm  bordering  on  the  Dead  Str^  ZarB^  in  former\ 
times/ called  Be/^,but  took  its  Name  from  the  words 
t>fIof,  the  word  ?)bAor,  Importing  Refuge,  Safety," 
or  Deliverance;  Maffada  a  ftrong  Hold;  Ubna  d 
(Irong  Fortified  City,  feated  inthe  Comerof/in/^ 
between  the  Tribes  of  DM  and  Benjamin',  Z^  Jn  ' 
the    Wildemefs,   where  Saul  came  to  purtiie  . 
DAvid, 

BETHLEHEMcz\UBetbUhem']fudah;toM\tigiii(k^ 
it  from  one  of  the  fame  name  in  Zebulon,  tlie'Bi^thf 
place  ofour  BlefTed  Saviour^  and  theGrftveofi^fe- 
Innocents  thatfuffer'd  on  his  account  by  thet^rin-f 
eky  <^  Herod.  As  for  the  Territories  of  th^fe  Cr-'"*^ 
ties  and  Towns,  they  are  exceeding  fruitful,  and 
iomanyoftheValkys  are  Gardens  of  Balfam  or 
OpobaKkmum  Trees,  ^^ 

The  Tribe  o(  Benjamin  had  for  its  Portion  theCi*  ^ 
ties  of  Mixpehy  Gebahy  Gibeahj  Ai^  Gibem^Je* 
richo,  Anathothy  Nob,  Gilial,  Bethel,  Ramath,  differ- 
rent  from  what  has  l^en  mentioned^  Chach,  er 
ffaidiy  Lod  and  Gno ;  but  the  chief  Munificence  of 
this  Tribe,  was  the  FamousCity  of /erir^/^m,  fci- 
tuate  upon  a  Rocky  Mountain,  yet  in  mofl  parts  ea- 
fieofaicent;  Invironed  with  Neighbouring  Hills, 
and  confifted  in  its  moft  flourifhing  time  of  four 
fktSf  feparated  by  fevend  WaUs,  refcmbling  di. 

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itioa  ttdos ,  iUvhM  inco  the nffet^  kmrlM 
newCidcs^  tvgiihcr  withibeXH^ofiTfirft/yiWhkrh 
made  fbeF(Hircfa«mfi0ii»  nU  die  WtUs  fordfied 

Jidi  tmvers  .^dQaftkisimd  the  GidcsHMM  with 
icely  Smlimgh  Foanc^ias^  and  pkifanc  Gar- 
dens rbii&aUditft.«iieccdcc[by^^  the  magidfieence 
of  tl^  TeB^ple^  iheUtQ  be  the  chief  woooer  of  die 
%0rl<i^  the  IPtfctipttoa  of  which  is  lifvttly  fctdown 
^ivithc  Old  'lefiamcnt  v>bere£bro ii& will: be  fiipcr* 
fkiQus  hereiio  delineate  it»  thoijigli^  stt  this  day  its 

Glory  }s  laid; ia^  the  didl 

^The  Tiihe^imyiiiough  prof^ly^a  Tribe^the 
Jffueluih  IM  m  Po^ionriiifigned  ^  but  had  the 
Prieflhoodfor^rlifhericiuioe^  anil  thar^fore  feat* 
teied  or  plannrd  il^divcrs Cities,  a£gBcd  ^r  the 
LcW.^al  Refidcnpe^  <  brioa  is  fiKoh  their F4ither 
h^d  Wei!e  li^Ojrfielkd:  mvidediafjitci^aiidlcaf^ 
teredinlOfnrt^i)  didr:Fortiofisbeiiig't6  live  on  the 
vAic^r,  and  the  JltathioitheOffeff^^  as  it 

is  in  fpjhua  i8. 17.  The  Prieflbmiof  the  Lcrd  was 
ttdr  Irkenttmce.  And  of  thele  there  were  lb>ir 
Kinds  or  Diflindions.  u  Pnms  or  Thrwes^  which 
iironi  4idr  Childhood,  till  the  2  5  year  of  their  Age, 
were  obhg^i  to tiearathe  duty  of  their  Office,  i2» 
irr^cAi^frx  which  Were  obliged  for  4  years  t6  iludy 
die  jUw,  or  till  they  wercf^well  eroundedln  it.  g.I.^ 
centimes  whoalhuuly  exercifed  thePrteftly  Office  ; 
And  4  the  Dodo^  or  Rabbins,  who  whereof  the 
higheii  Order,  and  expounded  the  Law  to  the 
Pimple. 

ImAMEAhz  part  of  l^/e/?mff,  fcparate  from 
the  Tribes  commoiriv  called  the  Land  of  Edm ; 
bounded  en  the  Eidt  and  ^th  mthAnbia  the 
Stony  i  on  the  North  with  ?irife4  ^^n  the  Weft  with 
ihcMediterrdiuMnSea'j  Inhabited  by  the  Children 
of  .£y<2ji  Brother  tojac^h  and  is  a  very  fruirful 
Country  toniards  theSeaco^ft  \  but  that  bordering 


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chough  they  heretofore  afforded  Balir,  and  now  k 
great  many  Palm-trees  grow  there  *,  as  for  the 
People,  they^  are,  and  anciently  were,  rude,boi- 
ftcrous  and  untradable,  given  much  to  VioienGe, 
and  were  no  finall  contributers,  by  raiflng  a  Se- 
dition in  Jerufalenty  tp  the  Dcftru6lion  of  that  fa- 
mous City  by  the  Romans^  under  Titus  •,  and  had 
for  their  chi^  Cities  and  Towns,  D'mhabath^  the 
CicyofM^,  the  firft  King  of  Edomy  Aniath  the 
City  bf  Hddud^  and  Pan  thSc  City  of  Hadar  •,  two 
other  Kings  of  this  Country,  mentioned  inGenefify 
BcTTiamna^  Caparofa^  GamnrarUy  Elafa^Roffa,  Rhi^ 
I  mcurura^  Raphia^  and  others,  with  many  fcactered 
Caflles  and  Villages*,  and  of  this  Country  the 
iHerites  arc  thought  to  be  thc^  firft  Inhabitants  j 
ambngft  whom  Efau^  upon  the  difcontent  he  k* 
ccived  by  his  Bi*others  circumventing  him  of '  the 
Blefling,  went  to  dwell,  and  took  to  hiiti  Wives  of 
the  Daughters  of  the  People  of  the  Lknd  •,  and  as 
phough  the  two  Brothers  Difference  had  been 
inherent  to  Pofterity,  the  Edomites  alwaies  proved 
mortal  Enemies  to  the  IfraeHtes^  not  only  Tiding 
with  their  Enemies,  but  making  continual  Wat 
[and  Inroads  upon  them  their  felves. 

The  other  Parts  o(Paleftine^  which  may  proper- 
ly be  (b<:alJcd,  are  the  Divifions  of  Ferdin  and  Itic- 
|r<£/«,  and  the  firft  of  thefe  lies  between  the  Moun^ 
tains  of  Arnotty  and  the  River  Jorddyty  abounding 
[with  Olives,  Vines,  and  Palm-Trees,  the  Soil  eve- 
ry where  being  exceeding  Rich,  and  W2s  formerly 
the  Hesitation  of  the  Midianitcs^  Moahites^  and 
ImmoniteSfZS  alfoofthc  two  Tribes  of  G<j<^  and  Jte** 

The  Quarter  of  the  Mdiamtes  xvUs  atthe  Sdut!t 
5ide  of  the  Dead  Sea,  at  the'  very  entrance  of  the 
-ountry,  and  were  held  to  Defcetid  from  one  of 
lore  of  the  $  Sons  oiMadidn  the  Son  K>i  Ahrahawt^ 
)y  KituYnh^i  memtoned  in  Qcn.  2$.   4.  aiHi  iaa4 

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for  tlieir  chief  Cities  Recome^  Built  by  one  of  die 
5  Midiamtifl)  Kings,  {lain  by  7p/Z/«^  *,  and  iVf/f/i^n  on 
the  bank  of  the  Dead  Sea  ^  and  thefe  were  tlicy, 
that  by  the  advice  of  Balaam^  fent  out  their  Beau- 
tiful Women  to  Infnare  the  Ifraelitcsy  upon  their 
entrance  into  the  Land  of  Canaan* 

The  Moabites  Poffeffed  all  that  part  of  the  Coun- 
try,  from  the  boundards  of  the  Midiamtes  on  the 
South,  as  far  as  Bfebon  on  the  North,  on  both  fides 
the  River  Arnony  having  the  River  Jordan  on  tlie 
Weft,  and  the  Hills  of  Abarim  on  the  Eaft,  firft 
poflefTed  by  the  Emtnims^  a  Race  of  Giants,  whofe 
Principal  City  was  Sheneth  Kirjathaimy  but  they  be- 
ing Vanquifhed  by  Chedorlaomery  and  driven  thence, 
their  forfaken  Seats  were  poflcflcd  by  the  Mabitesy 
Defcended  from  Moab  one  pf  the  Sonsjof  Lety  and 
had  for  their  Cities  in  chief  Rabbatyt\}e  Regal  Seat 
oiBalak.  King  of  Moaby  Diblathum^  Gallim,  Mu- 
thanay  kathatiely  Bamathy  Mifphay  HoTy  Kirhaja- 
rethy  and  fome  few  others  of  little  note  ^  and  this 
Country  God  commanded  jyfofes  to  fpare,  becatife 
he  liad  given  it  for  an  Inheritance  to  the  Sons  of 
Lor,  .     , .  ■  ^  '- 

The  Ammonites   had  their  Habitations  on  the 

North-Eaft  of  the  River  Arnony  and  pofleffed  all 

that  Trad  from  Arnon  on  the  Head  of  the  River,  to 

the  City  Rabbahy  and  on  both  fides  the  River  Ja- 

ifoc,   as  well  within  as  without  the  Mountains  of 

Calaady  Antiently  the  Seat  of  the  Raphaim  and 

ZamxumminSy  a  Race  of  Giant-like  People  j    and 

had  for  their  chief  Cities  Kabbah  ^   before  which 

^riah  was  Slain  on  the  account  of  his  Wife^  Do- 

themay  MUfpay  and  others  of  leffer  note,  and  had 

continual  War  with  Ifraely  God  appoiming  them 

as  a  Thorn  in  their  fide,  becaufe  they  had  not  at 

HxA  rooted  them  out  of  the  Land. 

The  Retibenites  or  Tvihc  of  Renhen^  had    their 
Dwelbi^  appointed  on  the  £aA  fide  of  Jordany 


«■« 


-      (   123  )     ^ 

having  the  Gadites  on  the  North,  and  the  J^abian  ' 
DeCms  on  the  Eaft,  and  on  the  South  the  Land  of  - 
Moab,  parted  by  th«  River  Amn  h  whofe  chief  Ci- 
ties  were  Abel,  Sittim,  Bethabara,  or  Beth  bar a^ 
AUchjirHS,  Lafa  or  Lepia,  Afedeba,  Bofor  or  Bo^ray 
a  Ciry  of  Refuge  to  the  Levites-,  Lhias^  a  Town 
Built  by  Merody  in  Honour  of  Livia  the  Motner  of 
Tiberim  Cafar^  Kedmoth,  Adorn,  Hcfl)bon,  Bamoth" 
bal  i  and  within  their  Territories  is  the  Mount  NC' 
bOy  from  whofe  Top  •Mjfes  took  a  view  of  the  Land 
oi Canaan  5  and  joyning  to  it  is  the  Hill  Pifga,  or  to 
fay  more  truly,  one  of  the  Tops  or  Spires  of  the 
fame  Mountain, 

The  Gadites^  fo  called  from  Gad  the  Seventh  Son 
isXJmb,  begot  on  Zilpha  the  Hand -maid  of  Lea}]^ 
had  their  Lot  of  the  Promifcd  Land,  between  the 
Reubenites  on  the  South,  and  half  the  Tribe  of  Afc 
najfes  on  the  North,  the  River  Jordan  on  the  Weflr, 
and  the  Mountains  of  i4)^rt(jK  on  theEuft;  and  inha- 
bited the  Cities  of  Are^r,  upon  the  Banks  of  the 
River  Arnon,  Vihon,  towards  J^-dan  \  Bethnimrahy 
Natoroth,  Beth'harawy  Betb-c:(oby  iMahanatnty  fo 
called  from  the  Apparition  of  Angels*,  5«ccof/;,  Jah* 
XOYy  Ramothy  Vmuei, ,  &c^  All  the  Plains  of  this  Coun- 
try being  exceeding  Fruitful,  as  on  purpofe  pre- 
pared for  the  Favourites  of  Heaven  j  yet  the  People 
who  had  been  brought  out  of  Slavery  with  a  mighty 
hand,  growing  fat  in  thefe  fruitful  Fields,  foon  for- 
got their  Maker,  and-  went  a  Whoring  after  tlie 
Gods  of  the  Strangers, for  wliich  the  Canaaniteslud 
been  caft  out  of  the  Land. 

There  were  moreover  in  this  Trafb,  called  the 
Land  o^Valeftineythc  Trachonites  inhabiting  the  Hil- 
ly Country,  bordering  on  the  Ammonitesy  called  the 
Mountains  of  Gileady  extending  Northward  as  far 
as  LtbamSyYmvigy  as  Jofep^bus  tells  us,  for  the  moft 
parc^in  Woods  and  Caves,  upon  Prey  and  Spoilj^**^- 

•  *    •      ■  ■  .    „ .       .    ■ 
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(  124  ) 

TheB4M«f^,a  People  living  in  a  part  of  the  King- 
dom of  Eafan,  but  their  Kingdom,  upon  the  Arri- 
val of  the  Children  of  Jfrael,  was  given  to  the  0- 
ther  half  Tribe  of  Afanafjef^  and  contained  many 
fenced  large  Cities :  The  chief  was  Vclia^  formerly 
called  Butit^  but  the  Name  changed  by  SeleHciHf^thc 
great  AUyrian  King,  of  the  Greek  Race  5  deftroyed 
by  Alexander  Janius,  a  King  of  the  Jews,  for  re- 
fufing  to  admit  the  Law  of  Mofes^  but  afterward 
by  }Pompcy  the  Great  rcAored  \o  its  former  Lufter : 
And  more  memorable  in  Church  Hiftory,  for  the 
Voice  heard  from  Heaven,  admonifhing  the  Chri- 
nians  then  in  Jerusalem  to  retire  thither,  that  they 
might  efcape  the  Deftruftion  that  the  Roman  hxmy^ 
under  the  leading  of  Tttu\  was  about  to  bring  upon 
that  grca^  and  finful  City. 

Geffur^  fince  called  AurantiSy  the  lad  Divifion  of 
Jtur^a^  is  North  of  B/z/^w,  and  was  once  accounted 
a  Kingdom  '-,  and  had  for  its  chief  Cities  Hawran^  Gef- 
fury  Mahacathy  Ckitfar^  Hevaniif,  and  others  of  lef- 
fcr  note. 

As  for  the  Country  of  Valefline  in  general,  or  the 
promifed  Land,  it  is  taken  by  fome  to  be  the  place 
v;here  the  Terreftrial  Paradife  Apod,  and  is  indeed 
Fruitful,  even  to  a  miracle ;  for  in  moft  places  there 
is  an  Eternal  Spring,  and  ifi  Summer  tne  Flowers 
alwaies  fmiling,  and  die  Vernant Trees  feldom  cart- 
ing their  ripe  and  mellowed  Fruit  before  Bloflbms 
and  green  Fruit  take  place,  and  arc  naturally  of 
extraordinary  growth  ^  infomuch,  that  we  read, 
wlien  Calebs  Jfofuahy  and  others^  went  up  to  fpie 
the  Land,  they  brought  a  clufler  of  Grapes,  as  aa 
earned  of  the  reft,  fo  large,  that  they  were  obliged 
to  carry  it  upon  a  Staff,  between  two  of  them. 
And  thus  much  for  the  L«d  of  l^atefitne^  as  it  flou- 
rifhed  in  its  moft  glorious  daies,  but  now  its  atiti- 
cnc  Inhabitants  arc  (cattered  over  the  face  of  th€ 
Kirch,  and  Tur\t  poflcfs  their  plcafant  places. 


'■'rt 


C  >2y ) 

The  three  ARABIA'S  Defcribd,  in  their 
CouTitreys  and  Vrovtnccs, 


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RABIA  DESERTA,  caHed  by  tlic  Titrl^s  Be- 
riara^  is  bounde  1  on. the  Eaft  with  the 
Babylonian  Territories  *,  on  the  Weft  with 
fome  part  of  Valefline  and  Arabia  the  ftoiiy  h  on  the 
North  with  Mefopotamm  and  Valm^rene  \  the  firft  of 
thefe  parting  it  from  Euphrates y  and  on  the  South 
with  Arabia  Pmv£;tpart,  and  Arabia  Felix  r  md 
takes  the  name  o(Dejerra  from  the  great  Defarts  that 
are  lound  in  it,  all  of  loofe  Sands,  taking  eight  daies 
in  paffing  over  them,  which  at  certain  times  are  car- 
rial  fo  violently  by  the  Wind,  that  Travellers  are 
overwhelmed  under  heaps  and  mountains  ofDuft,and 
burycd  Alive;  as  alfc are  the  Shepherds,  who  build 
litde  Cots  on  the  borders  of  thefe  Defarts,  though 
very  poor  and  defpicable :  as  Lucan  has  k  in  hisi 
Vharfaliay  and  thus Englifhed^  r-      .,<:. 


,/; 


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■J* 


The  greatcft  part  of  Land,  the  Winds  do  bear 
Unto  the  Skies,  which  hangs  not  fixed  there 
His  Houfe  and  Land,-  the  Hafamontan  Seas,   -  •. 
Fly  ia  the  Wind  their  little  Cottages,-    ,;. 
Blown  oV  their  Heads  into  the  Air  as  high, 
As  from  a  Fire  the  Smoakand  Sparkle^fly, 
Till  mounted,  Duft  like  Smoak  obfcure  the  Sky. 
Mountains  of  Duft),  the  South  Winds  furious  hancl, 
Rolls  o'r  them  till  their  diown'd  in  heaps  of  Sand. 

And  indeed  this  whole  Divifion  of  Arabia  yields 
nothing  pleafant,  being  moftly- inhabited  by  Thieves 
and  Rovers,  who  having  committed  Robberies  and 
Outrages,  in  more  populous  and  wealthy  Countries 
make  this  their  retreat,  as  knowing  few  will 
give  themfelves  the  trouble,  of  looking  for  them 
iafo  waftc  and>deft>late  a  Country  j  yet  tho-e  are 
;  -        G  3,  foiiic 


r^ 


"      —  (    126) 

fome  few  Cities  and  Towns  found  in  ir,  butrthofe 
.  Hiofllyon  the  Borders,  vi^,  Sabe  or  S^ba,  the  Ha- 
bication  of  the  Sabsans,  that  vvasfo  called  from  the 
Grandfon  of  Abraham  by  Kerurah^  mentioned  Gen. 
25.3.  And  thefe  were  they  that  plundered  J^ob  of 
his  Cattle;  Thema,  fuppofed  rj  be  the  City  of 
ElipkaTi  the  them^jfte,  one  ot  Job's  VifitantSj 
Shua ,  Tharfacas ,  ZagmiiU ,  Phunton  ,  Oboth^ 
and  Reganna ;  though  they  had  no  formal  Govern- 
ment, as  beingadisjoynted  People,  the  poverty  of 
t!ie  Country  obliging  every  one  to  (hift  as  he  couldi 
although  now  counted  part  of  the  Turkjijh  Empire, 
ii  is  fo  only  in  name  rather  than  in  effeft,  as  pay* 
iig  little  or  no  Tribute  to  the  Grand '5'i^«/>. 

2,  Arabia  Petraa,  or  the  Stony,  is  bounded  on 
the  Eaft  with  Deferta^  and  a  part  of  Sinm  Perfi- 
€us^  on  the  Weft  with  the  IJihmus,  that  joyns  A- 
frica  to  Afia^  and  part  of  the  Red  Sea,  or  Arabian 
Gulph,  on  the  North  mzhPakfli/ie^  and  on  tho 
South  with  a  long  ridge  of  Mountains,  dividing 
it  from  Arabia  Felixj  and  is  called  Petr<Xif^  from 
its  rocky nefs,  and  the  abundance  of  large  Stones 
that  are  found  every  where  in  it ;  and  is  indeed 
barren  in  a  manner,  as  the  former,  but  more  firm 
and  folid,  which  gives  ic  the  prehcminence  in 
Fruitfulnefsi  and  is  full  of  woody  Mountains, 
wherein  the  wild  Arabs  lurk  and  fortifie  them- 
felves,  being  reduced  under  Captains  of  Tribes,  as 
alfo  untraveird  Defarts,  unlefs  by  fuch  as  carry 
their  Provifion  with  them  for  fea:*  of  flarving, 
and  for  that  they  are  many  times  fet  upon  and 
murthered  by  the  Thieves  and  Rovers  5  fo  that 
the  general  palFag^  to  Egypt  and  Babjlsn  is  by 
Caravans,  to  defend  whieh  there  fcldom  go  lefs 
than  4  or  500  armed  men,  where  they  carry  their 
Merchandize  upon  Camels,  one  of  tliefc  Beafts 
carrying  ordinarily  6  or  800  weight,  and  fome- 
time§  a  1000,  and  are  the  fitted  of  all  Creatures 

for 


for  tliis  Journey,  becaufe  they  wilt  endure  three 
or  four  daies  together  without  drink,  in  a  Country 
where  Water  is  not  to  be  found,  but  rather  by 
chance  than  any  certainty  j  and  of  thefe  Defarts 
the  mod  memorable  are  thofe  of  Sinaiiy  Pharani 
the  Inhabitants  faid  to  defcend  from  Chus  and  ijf/> 
mael^  intermixed  with  the  Mediamtes^  who  are 
lield  to  ht  of  the  pofterity  of  Madian^  the  Son 
of  Abraham  by  Ketura\^znd.  have  for  their  chief 
places,  Petrtt^  memorable  for  the  many  Sieges 
it  has  held  out  again  fl  the  Syrians^  J^^^^  and 
Romansy  &c.  And  was  much  aimed  at  in  the  time 
of  the  Holy  War,  even  coveted  by  the  Turks 
and  Chrifiians,  as  a  Gate  or  Inlet  to  Pakfiinef 
Bofra,  faid  to  be  built,  or  rather  repaired  by 
Auguflns  Cafar^  to  curb  thai  wild  and  untradabl^ 
Nation^  Phara^  Bernicey  Swr^  Havtlahy  Madian^ 
Rephaim,  KadeflMBarnea,  and  Thara  ;  and  in  this 
Country  ftaads  the  famous  Mount  Sinaty  on  which 
the  Law  was  given-,  and  here  for  the  moftparc 
it  was  that  the  Children  of  Ifrael  fuffered  fo  mach 
in  the  Wildcrneffes  and  Defarts,  during  their 
progrefs  to  the  Land  of  Canaan,  And  the  Cha- 
rader  Marcettmiis  gives  more  particularly  cf  thefe 
Arabiansy  isi/i:^.  '•  ^        '  '     * 

that  they  are  a  martial  People,  half  naked, 
dad  only  as  far  as  the  Groin,  with  painted 
Cloaths,  ranging  up  and  down  upon  Camels,  fwifc 
Horfes,  and  Dromedaries,  as  well  in  Peace  as  times 
of  Trouble,  not  u fed  to  Plough,  plant  Trees,  or 
get  their  Living  by  TilLige,  but  wander  for  the 
mod  part)  from  one  place  to  another,  wiihouc 
any  fctled  Habitation;  nor  have  they  the  ufe  of 
Laws,  neither  can  they  long  endure  the  Air  or 
Soil  in  one  place:  Their  Food  is  chiefly  upon 
Venifon,  and  flore  of  Milk,  Herbs,  Fruits',  and 
Wild  Foul  5  but  as  for  Corn  and  Wine  they  have 
none :  their  Wives  are    hired  only  for  a  time, 

G  4  thouji 


ij 


I, 

if 


til'- 
I 


1 


•        (  128  ; 

though  for  a  flicw  of  Marriage  they  prefcnt  their 
finsbands  with  a  Spear  and  aTent^  as  their  Dowry, 
though  they  pare  when  they  pjeafej  and  both 
Sexes  are  extreamly  given  to  Lurt,  the  Women  asl 
rambling  as  the  Men>  leaving  their  Children  to 
the  help  of  Providence,,  where  they  fall  without 
any  further  care  of  them. 

As  for  the  Rivers  in  this  thirfly  Land,  there 
are  but  few,  and.  the  chief  are  Traja?ms  Amnisy 
Trajans  River  paflTuig  through  the  Country,  ^nd 
•nding  its  courfe  in  the  Red  Sea,  Rinocorura^ 
called  in  Scripture  the  Torrent  of  E^ypt^  rifmg  in 
this  Conntrey,  and  paffing  by  the  Borders  of /<^«- 
mea^  falls  into  the  Lake  of  Sir b on. 

9.  ARA3TA  FELIX,  or  fhe  Happy  Arabia^  fa 
caird  from  its  Fruitfulnefs,  fupplying  in  a  manner 
the  defeft  of  the  foregoing,  is  boundc*^  on  the  I 
Eafl  with  the  Perfian-j  and  on  the  Vv  ^  :h  the 
Arabian  Gulphs ;  on  the  North  with  a  contiiiued 
ridg  of  Mountains ;  and  on  the  South  with  the 
main  Oceau,  whofc  bounds  is  not  known. 

In  this  Arabia,  the  Fields,  Valleys  and  Hilli 
are  exceeding  Fruitful,  abounding  with  Myrrh, 
Frankincenfe,  Balfamum,  Spices,  Fruits  of  fundry 
kinds,  very  delicious '-,  as  alfo  Gold,  precious  Stones , 
itirc.  and  lying  fQCQmmodioufly  on  the  Seas,  is  ac- 
quainted with  what  ever  Bleffing,  either  EIc- 
Ijient  can  afford,  well  fvirnifhed  with  quiet  ^U:^ 
hours,  and  Roads  for  Shipping.the  Towns  of  1  a: 
and  Merchandife  ftanding  near  together,  ai?  i 
the  retiring  Houfes  of  the  Kings  neat  and  very 
fumptuous,  theCourtrey  being  generally  accom- 
ipodated  with  wholfom  Fowntains,  and  Medici- 
nal Waters,  with  fundry  Brooks  and  Rivers  cool 
5ipd  clear,  a^id  the  temperature  of  the  Air  exceed* 
i(ig  healthful/    ,,,<^     ,,     ,_    , 


M-V.'V 


'tr« 


And, 


^    ;  (  119  y  ; 

And  thisCouncrey  by  the  Arabians  themfelves  m 
called  Jeman  and  Al-jeman  *,  and  akhoHgh  the  peo- 
ple aremore  Civil  here  than  in  the  other  parts,  yec 
they  had    id  have  many  Barbarous  Cuftoms  amongfl 
them ,  as  Carnally  knowing  their  nearefl  Relations, 
holding  Community  of  Wives  5    and  of  dead  Bodies 
no  care  is  taken  ,  but  they  caft  them  into^  fome 
Ditch  or  a  Dung  hill,  and  are  frequently  a  bragging 
of  their  defcent  from  Jufit^r ,  foolifhly  Begleding 
all  Arts  and  Sciences ,  as  difparagementsto  fo  great 
a  Nobility  \  however  Jiore  are  romc  amongfl  tliem 
that  apply  themfelves  to  Grazing  ,  the  Countrey  a- 
bounding  vvith  Cattle  and  rich  Paftures  ,    and  ci- 
thers to  Merchandize  ,  tho  the  chief  Produ(fl  of  the 
Countrey  is  managed  by  Strangers. 

The  chief  Cities  or  Towns  that  are  "at  this  Day 
found  in  this  Trafl  are  Elgra^  on  the  Shoar  of  the 
Red  Sea,  called  Sinw  Elgranaticus  \  Jathrib^  or  Jam 
tribf  in  the  way  between  Algiar  and  Medina^  the 
Birth-place  o^  Mahomet  the  Impoflar  j  and  in  the 
City  of  Medina  ( to  which  is  added  the  Name  of 
Talmabiy  (ignifying  the  City  of  the  Prophet)  is  the  -^ 
Sepulchre  of  Mahomet^  not  drawn  up  wi^h  a  Load-.  *^ 
flone  as  the  Vulgar  rumour  goes,  but  inclofed  in  ;, 
the  manner  of  our  Sepulchres  with  andiron  Grate , 
and  covered  with  a  green  Velvet  Carpet,  which 
the  Grand  Seigniour  fends  every  Year  as  his  Of- 
fering; fo  that  when  the  New  arrives,  the  Old  is 
cut  into  innumerable  Shreds,  and  Sold  to  Pilgrims 
by  the  Priefts  at  large  rates  u  Holy  Religucs  \  and 
in  this  Temple,  which  is  large  and  Magnificent,  are 
^000  Lamps  continually  burning ;  Mgccha  a  Town 
^cituate  in  a  barren  Soil,  not  far  from  Medina,  but 
of  greater  Refort  and  Tr  iffick,  the  Gommodities 
not  only  ofA/abia^  b\it  of  Perfia  ^^yUfdlia  flowing 
thither,  from  whence  it  is  difper(<^nt9  all  parts 
of  the  Turkifti  Empire  j  and  here  i&  is  made  Death 
for  any  Chriftian  to  tome,  fo  m;idc  to  prevent  the 

Q  5,  we- 


..  V 


A 


,  y 


'm- 


:    .       (-130  )  ^         ,, 

Difcovcry  of  the  Fopperies  in  their  Religion,  and  is 
utterly  deftitute  of  Waters,  except  fuch  as  is  taken 
in  Cifterns  when  it  Rains,  or  brought  on  Camels 
Backs  from,  diftant  Places,  though  three  Carravans 
with  Troops  of  Merchants  and  Pilgrims  Vifit  it  e- 
rery  Year :  Zidon  accounted  the  Haven  Town  of 
Meccha^  though  diftant  40  Miles,  Scituate  on  the 
Red  Sea  j  Zebit^  held  new  the  Metropolis  of  the 
Country,  much  Traded  to  for  Spices,  Sugar,  and 
Fruits ;  Eltor  a  Port  Town,  where  the  Chriftians 
arcfuftered  to  Inhabit.    Aden  on  the  entrance  of 
the  Red  Sea,  and  is  the  mod  Famous  Empory  of 
this  Country,  well  Fortified,  and  has  a  very  capa- 
cious Haven  for  the  reception  of  Shipping,  once  the 
I V     ■  of  a  diflind  Kingdom,  but  now  in  Subjcdion 
to      e  Turks^  being  Treacheroufly  furprized  by 
them  in  the  Year  1538,  and  foon  after  all  the  reft 
of  the  Country,  i/or,  Zarnaly  and  Mwi^rf^^^  over- 
againfl  Sural  in  the  Eaft- Indians :  As  for  the  Woods 
that  are  found  here,  they  naturally  abound  with 
Spices,   and  Odours,  which  in  their  Bloom  fend 
forth  a  grateful  Smell,   which  accofts  the  Mariners 
before  they  can  (ce  the  Land,  and  the  Rivers  arc 
many,  the  chief /f^rwrtw,  Lar^  Prion,  Mefmatis^Be- 
tm,  ^c.  and  in  the  Arabian  Fields,  or  no  where, 
the  Phoenix  is  faid  to  Inhabiu 


,  sl-r    V- 


.t"    ^,i 


:,i;r;.sv')i;fr3i, 


I  »-* 


/i  Defcription  of  Chaldsea,  Affyria^  and 
;.  Melbpotamia,  in  their  Countries  and 
...'.Trovinces^&CQ*  As  alfoth  MomtMn-s 
a,,  Kingdoms ^  6cc.      ,    .   .      :^ 

HESE  thcec  .Countries  or  Provinces,  are 
held  to  1  a/ebeen  the  Prirxipal  Body  of  the 
Aff)rii>n\Ewfire^  wherefore  it  is  thought  fit  to  place 
'  ^-  ■      -      •  ,  -■       .  thejp 


them  together,  though  in  our  Proceeding  to  I^e- 
fcribe  them,  we  fhall  do  it  feverally ,  and  Firft     ^^ 
I,  cMJLDALAy  is  bounded  on  theEaft  with  k 
Perfian  Province,  called  Sufinaj  on  the  Weft  with 
the  Defert   of  Arabia'-,  on  the  South   with  the. 
reft  of  Deferta^  and  the  Perfian  Gulfs   and  on  the 
North  with  Mefopotamia,    As  for  the  Original  from 
which  this  Country  has  its  Name,  is  uncertain; 
However  it  is  exceeding  Fruitful,  yielding  Corn  in 
many  places  2  and  200  Fold  *,  and  Pliny  affirms  the 
Babylonians  Mow  their  Corn  twice  a  Year,  and 
Seed  it  a  third  time,  or  elfe  it  would  Produce  no- 
thing but  Blades  i  and  here  many  hold  the  Ter- 
reftrial  Paradice,  a  Seleft  Garden,  more  Inrich- 
ed  by  the  Bounty  of  Heaven,  than  any  other  pare 
of  the  World  •,  and  the  Reafon  they  give  for  it  is, 
becaufe  the  Rivers  mentioned  in  Scripture  to  flow 
from  if  are  .found  in  this  Traft,  according  to  all  cir- 
curaftances  the  fame,  though  length  of  Time  has 
caufed  corruption  or  alteration,  but  rather  in  name 
than  place,  &c,  and  in  this  Country,  on  the  large 
Plains  of  Skinar  was  founded  Babelfigmiymg  in  the 
Hebrew  Confufion,  where  happened  the  firft  Con- 
fufion  of  Languages,  a  work  fo  Stupendious,  being 
the  Eufinefs  of  almoft  all  the  Inhabitants  of  the 
Earth,  that  before  ic  was  left  off,  it  began  to  rear 
a  Head  of  Majefty,  $14^  Cubits  from  the  Ground, 
having  proportionable  Eafis  and  Circumference,che 
Paffages  gomg  up  winding,  and  fo  eafie  of  Afcenc, 
that  Horfes  and  Carts  might  not  only  pafs  up  it,  hue 
meetiand  tarn,  having  Lodgings  and  5tdtiors  in 
them  for  Men^nd  Beaft,  and  Earth  fprcad  upon  the 
mighty  Work  for  Corn  Fields?  and  all  this  foolifh* 
ly  undfertaken  to  fecure  themfelves  in  cafe  of  a  fe* 
xond  Deluge*,  and  would  however  (had  it  nothcen 
prevented  by  the  Divine  Power)  according  to  the 
Model  devifed,  have  Tranfccndcd  the  Clouds,    in 
ibis  Tn^  was  the  City  of  Babylon  in  its  Antienc 

Glory, 


'*■ 


C  i?2  ) 


Glory,*  the  Walls  of  which  was  4^  Miles  in  Cfrcuir, 
50  Cubits  in  heighth,  andoffuclia  chicknefs,  that 
Garts  and  Carriages  might  meet  on  the  top  of  it, 
Finifhcd  in  one  Year  by  the  daily  Labour  of  20000  , 
Work-men,  Built  on  both  fides  the  River  Euphra* 
tes,  having  its  Communication  by  (lately  Bridges^ 
and  is  faid  when  Vaken  by  Cyrus  the  Perfian,  that 
he  had  pofleffed  one  part  of  it  three  days,  before 
the  more  remote  inhabitants  krtew  the  Enemy  was 
entered ;  but  it  has  been  fiitce  that  time  deflroyed 
and  removed ;   fo  that  at  this  day  Bagdat%  taken 
for  Bab/kn^  Scicuate  on  the  River  T^gri/,  aiid  now 
in  the  PoffeiTiQn  of  the  Turk  5  the  othVrr  Places  of 
note  are,   Ctefiphon]  Sipparutriy  Apamia^  Vdogejta^ 
JSorfipha^znd  Balfora^thc  Port  oiBagdat  ornew  Baby^ 
loTtf  Scituate  at  the  Fall  of  Euphratef^  into  ^inus 
Perficur,  a  Place  .of  great  Trside  apd  Wealth,  noiy  in 
the.  hands  of  the- Perfians. 
•  As  for  Mountains  this  Country  affords  nor  any  5 
and  for  Rivers,  the  chief  are  Etiphrates  and  Tigris ^* 
The  People  anciently  were,  much   addided  to 
South-laying  and  Divination,  and  held  to  be.firft 
Idolaters,   but  now  they  arc  divided  into- feveral 
Sefts,  aiid  become  a  mixture  of  Chriftians,  Jews, 
and  Mahometans,  though  once  the  Chriftian  Faith 
Floufifhed  here  altogether,  as  Plante<J  by  Sr.  Peter^ 
who  adures  us  that  he  wa§  a(  ^d^j'/o/i  in  the  latter 
end  of  his  firft  Epiftle.      •    ; ;      r    ^   *^^    1 1   j 
2.  ASSTJIU  is,  bounded  on  the  Eaft  with  ^fe^i^w ; 
on  the  Weft  with  Mefopotamia  •,  on  the  South  with 
Sufiana-^  and  on  the  North  with  fome  part  of  Tur^ 
tojpaniay  and  part  of  Chalddta^  taking  its  name  from 
Ajfkr  the  Son  ofSem^  who  firft  Inhabited  it,  though 
of  late  it  has  been  called  by  other  Names ,  but  this 
being  warrantable  by  ?cripttire,    wc  Jhall  the  ra- 
ther cone  jtue  it.  H- 


v-i,4"U 


•/ 


As  for  the  Countrey ,  it  is  free  from  Hills ,  un* 
Ms  fuch  as  render  it  very  Commodious,  fo  that  he* 
ing  watered  with  pleafant  Springs  and  Rivers  ,  it 
is  every  wh^re  very  Fruitful ,  and  the  People  were 
^ciently  very  Warlike,  making  themfelves  by  their 
Arms  Lords  of  the  greateft  part  of  the  Eafl ,  ex- 
tending their  Dominion  from  the  Mediterranean  Sea 
to  the  River  Indus '-,  the  Men  efpccially  very  formal 
in  their  Habit  ,  wearing  Robes  trailing  on  the 
ground,  their  Hair  exceeding  long, and  their  Caps 
fo  fteeple  Crowned ,  that  they  feem  like  Pyra- 
mids ,  Perfuming  themfelves ,  and  Adorning  with 
Jewels ,  Rings ,  (fy'c,  and  a  Staff  of  Ivory  ,  Rich 
Wood  ,  or  fome  precious  Mettal  in  the  form  of  a 
Scepter  in  their  Hands  j  and  as  for  the  axjcient  Cu- 
flom ,  it  was  to  expofe  the  faireft  Women  to  Sale 
in  open  Market ,  not  as  Slaves,  but  to  be  purcha(ed 
as  Wives,  and  with  the  Money  they  put  off  thofc 
of  the  courfer  fort  that  were  more  deformed  ^  hap- 
py for  our  EnglifhDoudtes ,  were  the  Cuftom  in  ufe 
amongfl  us :  And  as  for  the  Celebration  of  Mar- 
riage, it  is  a  little  ftrange  j  i7<.  The  Bride-groom 
fees  not  his  Bride  before  the  Wedding-day  ,  but 
takes  her  upon  the  good  reportof  his  priends  and 
others,  whea having  made  the  Bargain  with  her 
Parents ,  they  meet  in  the  Chancel  of  the  Church, 
and  tJiere  the  Caffijl^  or  Prieft  obliges  the  Bride- 
groom to  put  his  hand  through  thehole  ofaPartiti- 
on ,  and  take  the  Bride  by  the  Hand ,  which  done, 
her  Mother  with  afharp  Bodkin  pricks  his  hand  all 
over  with  much  eagernefs  s  and  if  fo ,  for  all  that 
he  holds  her  faft,and  wrings  her  hand  till  flie  fau^ak, 
they  term  it  a  prefage  of  lafting  Love  ,  but  if  he  let 
go  ,  the  contrary  \  and  if  the  firft  Yeara  Male  child 
is  born,  the  Father  lofes  his  Name  ,  and  is  called 
^i5^  or  Father,.  thcSons  Name,  being  added  to 


it^. 


AS- 


V,*, 


'JC      i 


(  134  ) 


ASSTKIA\%  principally  watered  with  the 
^igYus  fo named  from  its  fwiftnefs  and  rapidity: 
Into  which  ,  as  Pfo/owy  affirms  ,  difchargc  them- 
fclves,    the  Rivers  C«;)r«x,  £;<:«/ and  Gor^ej,    with 
fome  other  StreamsjOr  Rivulets,and  the  whole  /(jf^. 
ria  was  divided  into  (cm  parts ,  mr^,  Araphachits , 
AdiabenCy  Calacine^    Sitacene^  Arbelites^    zndApo- 
loniates  ,  and  has  for  its  chief  Cities  Calach^  one  of 
the  four  Cities  built  in  the  Land  of  AJfur  by  Nimrodj 
Sittaca ,  about  Two  Miles  from  the  Banks  of  Tygrif  5 
Athda  5    ApoUonia ,  Geguamela  ;  Memorable  for  the 
firft  great  overthrow  given  by  Alexander  to  Darm 
the  Perftan ,  wherein  90000  Perfians  are  account- 
ed to  be  flaifl ,  with  the  loft  of  300  Macedonians 
onlyj  Ae3o3«rA  another  City  ,    faidto  be  built  6y 
Nimrod ,  but  now  fuppofed  to  be  that  called  Birrha* 
On  the  TygrUy  Rhefen  another  ^  fa  id  to  be  built  by 
the  fame  party  5    Ninivey  tirft  built  by  Nimrody  and 
fo  named  from  Hmt44  his  Son  or  Nephew  j  the  City 
to  which  J^onah  wasfent,  and  in  thofe  days  account- 
ed Sixty  Miles  in  Circuit ,  which  may  properly  e* 
nough  in  thofe  hotCountreys  be  accounted  three 
days  Journey ;  Afoy«/,feated  on  the  Tygrky  Ar^er't  and 
Scheheruxaly   the  chief  Refidence  of  the  TurkiHi 
Baffa  ,  Goverttour  of  this  Coiantrey,    As  for  the 
Profeflion  of  the  Natives,  andfome  Strangers  min- 
gled amongft  them ,  'tis  that  of  the  Neflorians ,  but 
the  Handing  Religion  is  Mahometifm  impofcd  by 
the !«/%.  iV'i  j; 

3.  MESOPOTAMIA  has  on  the  Eaft  for  its 
boundard  the  River  TygrtSy  parted  by  it  from  Affy- 
ria-y  on  the  Weft  the  Euphrates',  on  the  North  Mount 
Tauryuiy  on  the  Sonth  Cbaldjzd  and  Arabia  Defer t a , 
and  is  frequently  in  Scripture  called  Padan-Aram 
which  in  the  Latine  (ignities  S)ria  Cultay  and  was, 
anciently  Inhabited  by  the  Aramitesy  and  is  full  of 
Rich  Paftures,  the  Soil  very  fruitful  in  Corn,  a- 
bouads  with  Yinc-yards  and  fiore  of  Cattel;  and  is 


indeed  fo  well  furnifhed  with  all  things  ncccflary 
for  Humane  Support  and  Pleafure,  thzt  Strabo  calls 
it  Mefopstamia  Felix^  tho  in  the  extream  South,therc 
are  a  few  barren  Defarts  and  fome  rough  Mountains  . 
or  Hills  9  and  though  it  is  a  kind  of  a  Compounded 
Countrey,  yet  the  people  are  very  A(ftive  and  %,^^ 
duf Irious,  improving  Natures  Bounty  morg^afff i- 
ny  in  this  Traft ,  though  being  but  a^imaJl  Coun- 
trey, it  has  always  been  inSubjeftipn  ,  and  is  wa* 
tered  vf  ith  the  Rivers  Tygris^  Euphrates^   and  Cabon 
ras  or  Abar  as,"" '':-''      :*;  ■  i  /:     ^- -  »i 

The  chiefCities  found  in  this  Countrey,  are  E* 
deffity  Cologenbar^  Rifibius^  zndVr  ,  as  for  their 
Religion ,  as  far  as  relates  to  Chriflianity,  it  is  in 
a  manner  Orthodox,  agreeing  in  moft  Points  with 
the  Reformed  Churches  of  £«roif)e.      l' 

I  might  now  proceed  to  fay  fomething  of  the 
Two  Kingdoms  m  the  great  Mountain  Taurus y' 
named  from  their  two  laft  Kings,  the  Kingdoms  of 
Akdeules  and  Bahaman  j  the  ftrft  fubdued  by  Seli* 
triHS  the  Firfl  Emperour  of  the  T«r^J,  and  the  laft 
by  Abas  thcVerfian  Sopy,  but  having  nothing  but 
Rocks  and  barren  Mountains  to  deal  with,  and  in- 
deed the  difficulties  the  Inhabitants  ftruggle  with, 
being  more  to  be  wondered  at  than  any  thing  elfe^ 
I  fhalfthus  briefly  pafs  them  over ,  and  proceed  to 
TuYcommia.    ' {'  :..;.-    .-..a  ^. -^ 


'   •'■  T   _i''-f' 


TurCOmania    Jefcrihed  in  its  Tro^^ 


-I  . 


'vimes^  8CC. 


■nfe«i^-^i*y*f 


•-•/f  wi 


■A 


^nr^VRCOMANTA^  or  the  Land  of  Turky,  (6  called 

I      from  the  Turlis  Inhabiting  it  before  they  got 

by  Stratagem  the  F^y/^n  Empire  ,  is  on  the 

Eaft  bounded  with  M&  and  the  Cafpian  Sea,  on 

tViC  Wed  With  Cappadocia^  Jkmenia  Mtnor^  2nd  the 

^um^  Sm  3  QD  thcNprch  with  Tamry^  und  on  the 

-^^;;,     .V      ^_-  *  South 


i^\  <.. 


It; 


.;      :  (  1^6  ) 

South  with  Ajjyria  and  Mefopotamiay  ^r\d  is  pro- 
perly divided  into  four  parts  yvi7:^,ArmemaAfujot\hdd 
to  be  the  true  turcomama  ;  Colchis ,  now  called 
Mengrelia-y  Iberia  now  called  Georgia-^  and  Albania 
called  by  fome  Zuirca^  and  of  thcfc  in  their  or- 
der. ^      .    - 

ARMENIA  MAJOR  ^  noYf  calkdTurcomania/n 
a.  very  Hilly  Countrey  ,  as  much  overfpread  with 
the  Spurs  of  Mount  Taurus  and  Anti-Taurus^  though 
between  them  are  many  fruitful  Valleys,  that  pro- 
duce ftore  of  Cattle  ;   The  grcatefl  buimefs  of  cliefc 
people  when  exempted  from  War,   bein^  to  feed 
Sheep  upon  the  Mountains,  and  other  Cattle  on 
the   lower  ground,   driving  them  from  place  ta 
pl^ce  where  the  Paflures  are  beft,  and  where  they 
find  the  moft  commodious  Springs,  carrying  with 
them,  their-  Families,  Teats,  and  Provifion,    and 
ufually  go  Armed,  not  fo  much  for  fear  of  Rovers, 
as  Wild  Beafk  that  poflefs  the  Caves  of  thofe 
Mountains :    The  People  being  large  of   Body, 
comely  of  Perfonagc,  much  ufed  to  the  Eow  and 
Spear  j  patient  of  all  kind  of  Labour :  The  Women 
arc  very  homely,  but  of  a  manly  afpe«fl,   and  when 
occafion  requires,  addid   thcmfelves  in  Difguifcs 
to  the  Wars,  and  mingled  wtih  the  Men,'  perform 
equal  Exploits ;  and  in  Twvns^  where  they  arc  fet- 
led,   their  Families  are  very  great,  by  reafon  they 
co-habit  under  one  Roof  to  the  third  or  fourth  Ge- 
neration, the  eldeft  commonly  bearing  Rule,   and 
beinginallthingsabfohitcas  King  of  the  Family, 
yet  thofe  live  not  idle,   but  employ  themfclves  in 
making  TapefVics,  Gograms,  Watered  Chamlets, 
and  other  ManuCadures,   difperled  into  all  parts, 
and  fome  ,  tho  not  many  of  them  are  confiderable 
Merchants,  difpcrfitig  themfclves  over  the  Eafteru 
Countrey,  and  from  a  Mountain  of  this  Armenia 
caljedy4'7i;  has  the  great  River  ^-^pj^  iis.Foun- 


1  ' f '" 


M  i->-, 


:\:yt> 


■  *  r 


tain, 


tain,  and  the  people  generally  are  Chriftians^- 
The  chief  Cities  and  Towns  of  this  Country  are*. 
Jrtaxata  the  Royal  feat  of  the  Antient  Kings  of 
Aymma.  *,  Seb^ftia,  now  called  Suafpa  •,  feated  on 
the  Euphrates,  Tigrnnes,  Certa,  Arfamofata^  CU' 
maffumy  Cholna,  Baraxjt,  Chars ^  Colonlt,  Thefpia^ 
and  others  of  lefler  note :  as  for  Porrcfts  or 
Woods,  this  Country  has  very  few,  and  notie  con* 
fidcrable. 

COLCHIS  the  fecond  DiviCon  of  Tnrcomania  otk\ 
the  North  of  Armenia  is  Inhabited  bj^  a  rude  un«. 
civillized  people  *,  however  the  foil  is  fertile  pro- 
ducing naturally  much  plenty,  and  the  Vines  of 
their  owji  accord,  twift  themfelves  about  Trees , 
creeping  up  into  the  fpreading  Branches,  and  af- 
fording much  Wine/ J  but  that  which  in  Antient 
times  rendred  it  mod  memorable,  was  the  abun* 
dance  of  Gold  found  in  the  Sands  of  the  Rivers  iffu- 
ing  from  th^  Mount  Cancafw  y  for    which  3^afon. 
made  his  Expedition  j  and  thereby  gave  the  occa. 
fion  of  the  Fable  of  the  Golden  Fleece:  there  were 
likewifefounddivefs  Veins  of  Silver  in  the  Moun*   . 
tains,  though  at  prefent  for  want  of  working,  or 
being  exhaufled  ,  the  People  deficient  in  Coin,  are 
obliged  to  Barter  Goods  for   fuch  things  as  their 
necelTities  require  •,  however  they  are  much  given: 
to  Riot  and  Excefs,  nor  do  they  refufe  to  profli- 
tute  their  VTives  and  Sifters,  to  the  pleafure  of 
their  gu<^fl:s  upon  any  flight  Entertainment^  as  noc 
thinkmg  they  can  be  otherways  fufficiently  welcom ; 
nor  do  the  Women  refufe  a  complyancc.    And 
hepfe  the  chief  Cities  are,  or  were  Diofcuriaty  Sibam, 
rk  once  the  Royal  Seat  of  the  Colchine  Kings ,  SigA-, 
neam,  ^opolii,  KeapoltSy  Phafis  •,  from  whence  the  / 
Phefants  were  firft  brought  into  Europe  by   the 
Greel^s  ^  Alvati,    Mechleffus,    Zadris  and  Strace  '^  ; 
though  at  prefent  none   of  them  confiderable  -y. 
however  the  Chriftian  Refigion  continues  herc^ 

though    ' 


.  i  .■  »:• 


■•  'fe 


(  M8  ) 

though  the  Turl^  have  poffelTed  thcmfclvcs  of  tlie 
Country. 

IBERIA  takes  its  name  from  the  River  Iberm, 
running  through  it,  though  lately  the  name  is 
changed  toGeorpa'f  as  fomc  will  have  it  from 
St.  George  the  Capadocian  Martyr  y  who  firft  planted, 
or  at  lead  greatly  improved  the  Ciiriflian  Religion 
amongflthem. 

The  Country  is  Mountainous,  Woody,  and 
a  great  part  of  it  covered  with  Snow  three 
quarters  of  the  year  i  fo  that  the  Soil  not  being 
very  fruitfu'ljthe  people  addid  themfelves  much  to 
War  5  fo  that  for  a  long  time  they  lived  in  free- 
dom under  their  own  Princes,- till  the  Perfian 
War  5  at  what  time  they  partly  by  force,  and  part- 
ly by  fubmiflfibn,  became  Tributary  to  the  Ottoman 
Emperors  5  fo  that  it  contains  not  any  Cities  of 
note  ;  however  amongft  them  are  reckoned  Artax' 
iffa^  Vafada^  Lubium^  and  Armaftka^  ^^  named  by  I 
Ftolomy  5  though  at  prefent  Cremen  ar  "achet  ^x^ 
m  moft  efteem '-,  and  to  keep  the  peopic  in  aw,  the 
Turks  have  fortified  many  pikces  9  and  amongfl  0* 
thers  the  ftrong  Caftie  of  Teflis^  the  Key  of  Media^ 
now  called  Servan^  Garrifoned  with  6000  men  5  and 
has  in  it  beiides  other  Ammunition  100  pieces  of 
Ordnance. 

ALBAHIA  in  Afia^  diflin^b  from  that  in  Europe , 
Eaft  o{ Iberia  is  accounted  to  be  firft  peopled  by 
Gether  Son  of  Aram^  and  Nephew  of  Japhit^  and 
reftedoutof  the  way  of  War  till  the  Romans  time ; 
when  fidin^  with  Tigranes  King  of  Armenia  Mapr^ 
zndMtthridates  King  of  FonrMX5they  were  brought  un- 
der fiibjedion  by  Pompey, 

The  Soil  of  this  Country  is  very  rich  in  many 
parts,  as  being  watered  with  the  Rivers  Saoniaj 
CyrWyGerrni  and  Albania ;  and  on  the  latter  is feat- 
ed  a  City  of  that  name,  the  chief  of  the  Province  5 
here  are  likewifc  found  Chabala^  ThelbiSj  Getara^ 


KamechU  and  Teleb£ :  The  chief  commodities  are 
Corn,  Cattle,  Wine,  and  fomc  Manufadures,  and 
has  over  it  a  THrkjfh  Bafla  '•,  and  from  thefe  Coun- 
tries the  Turks  are  held  on  all  hands  to  dcfcend,as 
in  the  Hiftory  of  that  people,  appears  more  ac 
large. 


.  .>.. 


Media  and  Perfia  defcrihed^  in  their    - 
refpelti've  Trovtnces^  &C. 

.    -      ■     ■■  '    -,'  ^'  ••■  ♦ 

MEDIA  (the  firft  that  occurs  in  ord^r)  is  bound- 
ed on  the  Weft  with  Armenia  Majsr^^  and 
fome  psino^A§rta  •,  on  the  Eaft  mthParthia^  and 
fomepartof  Hyrcania,  and  the  Provinces  of -Per- 
fia  s  on  the  North  with  the  CafpiartSea,  and6F^or- 
gia  ;  and  on  the  South  with  other  parts  of  Perfia  ; 
held  to  take  its  napic  from  Madai^  the  Son  of  /rf- 
yhet^  who  firft  planted  it^  though  at  this  day  it  is 
blled  by  tht  Turks  (\n  whofe  poffcffion  the  greateft 
part  of  it  is3  Sheirvariy  or  Servan  s  the  word  in  their 
Language  lignifying  a  Mlky  plain  >  alluding  there- 
by to  the  great  plenty  of  the  Country,  and  is  of 
large  extent  5  once  famous  for  a  warlike  people, 
that  over- run  the  greateft  part  of  the  Eaft  *,  yet  this 
Country  like  all  others,  differs  in  degree  of  ferti- 
lity, for  although  the  South  part  is  exceeding  fruit- 
fulj  yet  the  North  part  lying  between  Mount  r/rw- 
Yus  and  thtHyrcanianSea^  is  very  barren  *,  inforfwch 
that  the  people  make  their  Breadofdryed  Almonds  j 
and  their  drink  of  the  Juice  of  certain  Herbs  ^  no 
Fruit  trees  flourifliing  there,  nor  any  confiderable 
quantity  of  Corn.  "       -.;    -,  ^  :. 

As  for  the  Kingdom  of  i^fe^/w,  we  may  properly 
divide  it  into  two  Provinces  j  viz.  Atropatia  and 
Media  Major ,  the  firft  of  thefe  contains  the  northern 
parts  of  the  country  ;  and  is  held  to  be  that,  where 
S^lmanajfer^  the  AJJ}rian  King  placed  the  Jfraelites^ 

whomr 


li! 
ill 


»ii»»ii 


.*' 


■■• '   r^    ^  ( 140 )     ' "  \ : 

^hom  he  carrycd  into  Captivitly,  aRil  is  watered 
by  the  River  Ooi^xa  5  and  ha4  for  its  chief  Cities  or 
Towns  NamaduHf,  Gonzji'Via^  Mundngarfts^  Geliriy 
Bochu,  EreA,  SMmachla^  or  Shnmaki  ',  the  laft  builc 
by  Cyrus  the  Perfian^  an^  much  Illuftrated  by  0- 
tners  j  and  in  it  as  a  Montimcnt,  (lands  a  Pillar  Ii> 
terwoven  with  theHca^s  of  Noble  men  all  of  Flint, 
curioufly  wrought,  tb'c.  This  Province  is  very 
Mountainous,  as  having  the  Spurs  of  the  tamm 
branching  out,  and  the  body  of  the  Mountain  ic 
felf»  ^r, 

MEDIA-MAJOR^  on  the  Sovth  oi  Mount  Taurm^ 
is  a- very  plcafant  Country,  yielding  Corn  and  V;'irie 
in  abundance,  with  many  pleafant  Fruits,and  good 
Paftures,  watered  every  wliere  with  frefhftrcams  v 
fo  chat  Cattle,  cfpecialJy  Horfes  encreafc  in  great 
numbers  5  the  men  being  genaally  expert  Riders, 
and  much  redoubted  in  War. 
-  The  chief  Cities  that  were  here  found  are  th( 
great  Ecbatana^  to  which  Semiramis  took  fu3|j, 
liking,  that  fhe  caufed  forks  better  Accommodati- 
on, water  courfes  to  be  cut  through  the  Mountain 
prontesy  reckoned  to  be  in  compafs  2^  Italian  miks 
and  fortified  with  a  Wall  of  70  Cubits  high,  50 
broad,  with  100  Gates,  and  Towers  built  over 
them  of  fmoQthftone,  and  had  formerly  fix  lefler 
Walls,  though  now  little  of  it  remains.  Taurus  a 
City  pieafantly  fcituatc,  under  the  fhadow  ofOron- 
tes'y  opening  to  a  curious  fertile  Plain  on  the  South  j 
once  a  place  of  great  Trading,  but  having  been 
often  ruii.cd  by  the  furks,  in  their  Wars  with  the 
Herpans ;  it  has  loft  much  of  its  former  fplendor. 
Arjacia  b\x\k fby  fome  of  the  Prfrr/j/^n  Kings,  in 
their  Conqueft  of  this  Country :  Cafbin  fcituate  in 
an  open  Plain,  on  the  Banks  of  a  fmall  River,  but 
of  no  confiderable  Trade,  though  the  Ferfian  So- 
phies have  a  Pallace  in  it ;  Rages^  Najjivatiy  Ardo- 
vUsy  Sultanki  Turcoman,  znd  Marant,  The.  Chri- 
~.  Hian 


C  141  )  ' 

ftian  Religion  is  held  to  be  firfl  planted  here  by 
St.  Thomas  j  and  though  it  was  not  Univerfally  Em- 
braced, yet  icflourifhed  till -^^/jo/w^^z/w  was  intro- 
duced, more  by  the  power  of  die  Sword  than  the 
Peoples  Inclination.   ,         ^  . 


:  .,     .„    Vcifu  Defcribed.  i 

PERSIA  has  for  its  Eaftern  boundard  India  j  for 
the  Weftern  Media,  Ajfyria^  znd  Ckald£i.i  j  the 
Northern  Tartaryj  and  the  Southern  thf.  main 
Ocean*,  fo  naiied,(ii"you  will  Ci  edit  the  Stoiy)  from 
Perfeufy  Son  to  Jupiter  and  V^nae  -,  thoughjather 
from  Fer//x  a  fmall  Province  •,  or  part  bftne  Coun-  > 
try  wliich  took  its  name  from  one  of  their  Kings : 
and  the  whole  Region  of  Perfiay  is  found  to  extend  > 
from  82  degrees  of  Longitude,  xoiic.  g5  degrees 
in  all,  and  in  bredth  from  32  degrees  North  Lati- 
tude to  42,  fcituate  under  the  fourth,  fifth,  and 
fixth  Climates  j  fo  that  the  longeft  day  in  the  " 
Southern  parts,  is  1 3  hours  and  almoft  three  quar- 
ters but  in  the  moflNorthern  1 5  and  a  quarter ,  the 
Air  for  the  moft  part  pure  and  wholfom,  though  the 
Earth  by  reafon  of  the  great  heat  of  the  Sun,  is  dry, 
and  fandy  in  many  parts,  and  deftitute  of  water  ? 
having  few  Rivers,  and  not  many  Lakes  5  how- 
ever taking  the  Country  in  general,  it  abounds 
with  all  things  neccflary,  and  may  properly  be  divid- 
ed into  12  Provinces,  viz.  Suftana,  Perfify  Car^ 
mania^  OrniuSy  Gedrqfia^  Vranf^iamy  Aria,  Parthia^ 
Arachofia,  Pdrepamifuf,  Hyrcunia^  and  Margiana  ; 
and  held  to  be  one  of  the  Antienteft  Kingdoms  of 
the  Eaft  j  the  people  as  the  Chald^iins^  giving 
themfelves  up  to-the  Study  of  Aflrology ;  and  as 
to  their  Religion,  its  the  Sed  of  Hdy^  differing  in 
man>  things,  from  the  tenets  of  the  Impoflor-^rfAo- 
mt-i  tho  amongft  tlicm  arc  many Chriftians  and  more 

Jervi  * 


-\ 


few'i  and  the  chL*f  Rivers  that  vifit  Perfia^  are 
AraxUy  fome  windings  of  Euphrates  and  Ttiris  5 
and  here  are  found  Mount  Taurus^  the  Seriphian 
Hills,  and  fome  others  of  lefs  note  :  And  has  for 
the  mod  material  Cities,  Perfopolis^  Aracca^  Tarfiana^ 
and  others ,  the  Country  aftbrding  Dates,  Myrrh, 
Drugs,  Spices,  Mines  of  Silver,  Brafs,  Quarries  of 
of  Marble,  Cedar^wood,  and  rich  Manufadures  of 
Silks,  and  Embroideries  of  Silver  and  Gold,  and 
has  been  much  traded  to,  by  the  European  Mer* 
chants,  efpecially  the  Ifland  of  Orm«/ ^  accounted 
the  ihoft  fruitful  in  the  World  5  fothat  thofe 
who  have  compared  the  World  to  a  Ring,  have 
allowed  this  to  be  the  Jewel,  that  ought  to  be  fee 
in  it  J  for  the  Pmugals  upon  their  firft  coming  hi- 
ther, fo  much  inriched  themfelves,  that  "they 
eafily  commanded  the  whole  Trade  of  £«• 
Yope^ 

As  f<3!f  the  Perfians,  they  are  generally  good  natur- 
ed,  courteous  to  Strangers,  exceeding  obedient  to 
their  Prince,  whom  they  in  a  maneer  Idolize; '| 
they  are  tall  of  Stature,  well  Limbed,  and  for  the 
moft  part  handfome  (^efpecially  the  Women)  Pati. 
cnt  of  Labour,  yet  through  the  Plenty  of  the  Coun- 
try much  given  to  Luxury,  Valiant  in  Fighting,  as 
well  the  Women  as  rtie  Men,  who  accompany  their 
Husbands  to  the  War  in  difguifc,  and  frequently 
die  Fighting  by  their  fides,  as  appeared  by  the 
great  number  of  them  found  upon  the  ilripping  of 
the  Slain  in  many  Battles  fought  between  them  and 
the  Turks.  And  within  this  Jurifdidion  we  may 
include  BaElria^  lying  Weft  of  Margtana^  watered 
by  the  River  Oxus^  fo  that  it  is  partly  Fruitful,  and 
partly  Barren  and  Defert,  pofleOed  by  a  rough  and 
untradable  People,  and  has  many  Woods  and  For- 
refts  full  of  wild  Beafts,  which  renders  the  PaiTage 
dangerous  to  Travellers,  and  has  its  Name  from 

9n{tm  the  Mciropelif an  City)  Seated  ac  rhc  Fooc 

-  of 


J,«vt^ 


of  the  Mountain  Sogdij^  and  is  now  in  Subjeflion  to 
tlic  Perfians.        .  .  ,.     .    ,        i    , 

Taitam  Deferihedj   in   its  Kingdoms  and 

Provinces^  8cc. 


^:».  ^;.*?. 
/  1^^' 


TAKtARtAy  or  T^KMry,  is  a  large  Traft  on  the 
Northern  pare  oiAfia^  and  (hooting  out  con*» 
(iderably  to  Europe^  bounded  011  the  Eaft 
vvitfc  Chtna^  and  the  Eaftern  Ocean ;  on  the  Weft 
with  Kuffia  and  Podolia^  a  Provinceof  the  Kingdom 
0^  Poland  y  on  the  North  with  the  Frozen- Scythian 
Ocean  •,  and  on  the  South  with  another  part  of  C^fn^, 
from  which  it  is  feparated  by  a  mighty  Wall,  the 
River  Oxus  parting  it  from  Ba^ria  and  Margiana^ 
the  Cafpian  Sea  from  Media  and  Hyrcania  t,  the  Cau- 
caftan  Mountains  from  Turcomama^  and  the  Euxine 
Sea  from  Anatolia  indThrace,  and  is  pofTefTed  under 
the  general  Name  of  Tartars^  by  many  powerful 
Nations,  accounted  to  be  5400  Miles  from  Eail  to 
Weft,  ?nd  3^00  from  North  to  South. 

The  People  are  generally  Rude,giving  themfelves 
more  to  War  and  Rapine^than  to  Arts  or  Husbandry, 
big  bodied,  broad  Faced,  le  and  hollow  Eyed, 
thick  Lipped,and  flat  NofedjS  .varthy  of  Complexior, 
thodiftant  enough  from  the  Sun,  hardy  and  capable 
of  -nJuring  excream  Hardfhips,  loving  to  ridc^  tho 
on  Cows,  Oxen,  and  other  Beafts,  not  ufed  in  - 
ther  pares  in  fuch  Services ,  their  Speech  arries  a 
kind  of  a  whining  Tone  with  it,  and  when  a  Com- 
pany are  got  together  a  Singing,  one  would  imagine 
them  a  confort  of  Wolves  a  Howling,  and  h-*^  jin« 
deed  in  their  many  Excurfions  and  Wars  proved 
the  Terror  of  the  World,  yet  are  ffldom  Covetous, 
of  more  than  is  fuflkient  to  fupporc  them,  as  being 
altogether  regardleis  of  Silver,  Gold,  or  coiftly  Ap- 
p^eli  going  for  the  moft  part  clad  with  the  Skins 
,  .       .  aii4 


X, 


-  s 


if 


A 


LfT' 


'   ■     '  (144) 

^nd  FUrrsof  Beads  they  take  by  Hunting,  and  are 
by  fomc  held  to  be  rhe  Oft-fpring  of  the  Ten  Tribes 
removed  out  ofPalejline  by  Salmanajj^r,(oT  many  of 
the  great  Lords  of  the  Tartars  tittc  themfelvcs 
Hapbthalites^  Danites^  ire.  and  Canton  themfclves 
into  Families  and  Tribes, 

This  Countrey  is  ufually  divided  into  thefe  follow- 
ing Provinces,  vi^j  Precopenfis^  ^fciatka^  Antigua , 
Zagatba  and  Catbaia :    The  firll  contains  Taui^ca 
ChcrfomfHS^   and  the  u4/c/Wic^n  Banks  of  T^t;^//,  ta- 
king its  name  from  Prec&ps  the  chief  City ,    and 
has  in  it,   befide  tlie  Towns  ofO^acloW^  Capha, 
Crim,  ^nd  others  of  leflcr  note.    The  fecond  con- 
tains AfciaticA    Deferta  ,    or  Deferta  Mufcmta  , 
held  to  be  the  ancient  Sarmatta  Afciatica^  remain- 
ing uncivilized  at  this  day  5  as  feeding  upon  Baw 
Horfe-flefli,  fuckin^Biood  from  living  Creatures, 
and  oftentimes  preying  upon  each  other^  and  nc- 
gleding  all  manner  of  Tillage.     The  Third  con- 
tains the  Cities  of  No^W,   Cafhariy   Characl^Xic^e, 
Aftracatiy  and  fome  others  of  leiler  note,  ^s  Coras  ^ 
Caracora^  and  the  whole  Kingdom  ofTendoci^^   and 
affords  the  Drug  calkdRhubarb^not  any  other  where 
to  be  found.    The  fourth  Divifion  contains  Scjtbia^ 
Inter  Imaum  ,   inhabited  by  a  more  civiliz'd  Peo. 
pie  of  the  Tartars ,  and  have  for  their  chief  Cities 
Ifli&at^  fcituate  in  a  very  fruitful  Plain,  to  which 
flow  the  principal  Commodities  of  the  whole  King- 
dom, and  Samarchandy  ufually  the  Reddcnce  of 
thcTartarian  Cbams^   where  Tamerlatn  the  Great 
was  born  and  died  ;  but  the  mofl  pleafant   of  ail, 
and  indeed  the  Giory  of  the  whole  Countrey,  is 
the  Kingdom  of  -Catbia, 

The  Soil  of  this  part  of  Tartary  yields  a  fopera- 
bundance  of  Fruits,  Corn,  Hemp,  Flax,  ^c.  and 
the  other  Mcrchandife  a  e  Woolls,  Rhubarb,  Musk, 
5ilks,'  and  Manufachires  of  its  ov^  n,  and  alio  thofe 
^f  Cbina^  that  are  brought  hither,  and  has  for  its 

"f— ^        "         Chief 


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and  are 

:n  Tribes 

many  of 

[cmfclvcs 

icmfclves 

fe  follow- 
Antigua , 
s  TauHca 
tiaisy  ta« 
y  5  and 
•,  Capha, 
ond  con- 
\tfcmta  , 
,  rcmain- 
poQ  Baw 
ireacurcs, 
and  nc- 
lird  con- 

2Lh  Coras  ^ 
>fj^,  and 
cr  where 
s  ScjthUy 
Cd  Peo. 
ief  Cities 
:o  which 
ok  King- 
dence  of 
ic  Great 
t  of  ail, 
ntrey,  is 
■  -J* 

I  fopcra- 
fy'c,  and 
:b,Musk, 
Kb  thofc 
s  for  its 
Chief 


Chief  cities  fiamhalut  Tebetb^  Carraran^  and  Xemi^ 
duy  all  of  chem  very  ftately )  containing  in  their 
large  Circumferences,  Pallaces,  fixed  and  moying, 
Fsrk3,  Failures »  with  many  other  Rarides;  but 
in  sdi  thenT  Coun;treys,  the  Government  is  Arbi-^ 
trary,  the  Lives  and  filiates  of  the  Peoj^  depend^ 
ing  upon  the  pleafure  of  the  Piince« 
I  There  are  yet  another  fort  of  this  people'  calied 
iCrimefian  tart  or Sy  inhabiting  the  Cmiy  on  the 
I  Fenns  of  MmiszxAho^tn  of  Mofctyvy  and  Poland ^ 
but  much  of  the<nature  oC^hofe  already  mentioned- 
I  As  for  ReligionL  they  are  in  many  i^aces  divided 
in  Opinioa,as  being  a  mixture  of  AmteniaiU^chrifti^ 
\ansy  fewsy  Mahometawy  and  (bme  Idolater f. 

The  chief  Rivers  that  Water  this  Gountrey,  are 
the  Tiuiais  and  Vofga^  and  the  prindoal  Mounc 
Jmam y'which  runs  in  a  long  Chain  or  Ridge,  branch« 
I  ing  however  into  diversSpurs,  ^c. 

jl  defcripfion  of  the  Kingdom  of  China  iu 

its  Vrovinces^  &c.     r       \  ^ 

'■_-■•  ', .  ■  o      ♦'  ■ 

GHIKA  is  a  large  Kingdom,  though  not  well 
known,  till  the  latter  times  to  the  Ewopedns^ 
ibounded  on  the  North  with  the  Eafiem  Tartars^ 
vUidAltayj  feparated  from  them  by  a  continued 
Chain  of  Hills,  and  a  Wall  of  400  Leagues  in  lengthy 
ftirniihed  with  Towers,  and  fo  broad,  that  a  Cart 
may  be  driven  on  the  top  of  it,  built  (as  they  give 
it  out)  by  T:(aint7^on  xhe  117th  King  of  China. 
The  Southern  boundards  are  psLvtly  Cochtn-Chinay, 
[a  Province  of  the  £4^ /n^i^,  and  partly  the  Ocean^ 
on  theEafl  withtheOrfenf^/ace^ir,   and  on  the 
Weft  with  part  of  India  and  Cathaia  *,  and  i^  indeed 
on  all  parts  fo  hemmed  in  with  Mountains,  Seas, 
and  Artificial  Fortifications ,   that  it  is  no  wonder 
Travellers  miffed  it  in  their  way  toother  C^* 
treys,  .  H  -This 


.v;  • 


'-L^.     y 


.7tTWs:King<lom,  sttcprdiug  to  tfic  arccoiinc  iof  thel 
"^^iirivc;^ >, contains i $ Provihccs,  li^.  Canton^  FoA 
,i*«V,  Olm^  Sifitanti.  tolenibia,  Canfaji  MiucbianA 
^Ochiariy  ffipnaniy  Foffday  Taitan^  Q^cherii  ChagA 
Sftfnamf  and  j^fn/^y,  in  which  ai^e  Computed 


man. 


\ 


)$9i  ,Citi.c3>  iS9%  Walled  Towns,  4260  Unwaild 
Towns,  and  1 1 54  Ciaftles  ^  the  whole  Cotmtrcy  be* 
ing  accounted  ^poq  Leagues  in  Circumference, 
r^gching  finpm  igQ  %oi6o  Degrees  of 'Longitude  ^ 
jandfrom  thiTropickafC<«w:erlto  the  ^3  Degree  of  I 

V  latitude,  ly  ing  jilidcf  nU  the  Climes  iJ-dm  the  Third 
to  the  Ninth ,  fo  that  the.  Air  is  v:ery  Tettiperatc 
and  Healthful,  l);y  which  the  Natives  are  for  the 
mod  part  exempted  from  Sicknefsi.  and  Jive  to  an 
-cxtream  Age :  As  for  the  Riches  and  Fertility,  it  is 
very  much,  eviento  $ldn^iration,  the  people  being 
very  InduflriouS)  andithe  Sbilasfuitable  j  fo  that 

,  in  many  places  they  have  two,  and  in  mod  pans 
<threeHarvefts  in  a  Year,    nor  do  they  fpare  to 
Plant  and  Sow,   the  befl  of  all  kinds  they  can  con^ 
pafs. 

The  chief  Comifnoditks  coming  from  hence  arc 
Pearls.  Bezora  Stones,  Wooll,  Cotton,  Olives^ 
Wine,  Flax,  Metals,  Fruit,  ciW''^*  Ware  pfftnn 
dry  kinds,  StqOis,  Carpets,  Embrdderies,  Musk, 
Amber,  ^c.  The  People  are  of  a  Swarthy  Cbm- 

',  pIexion,efpeciaIly  thole  living  towards  the  ^uthera 
pates,  fhort  Noied,  black  Eyed,.  Widi  thta  Beards^ 

^  wearing  long  Garments ,  with  looife  Sleeves ,  and 
Hair  at  its  full  growth  9  they  are  much  given  to  often 
eating,  but  then  they  do  it  very  (^aringly,  not 
tcuching  their  Visuals  !Bvith  their  hands,  Isat  take 
ic  with  a  Fork  made  of  Ebbbny  or  Ivory,  from 
whom  the  Europeans  learned  the  Fafhion.  The 
Men  are  very  Jealous  of  their  Wives,  infomuch  that 
they  will  not  fufter  them  to  go  abroad,  nor  fit  at 
the  Table  with  them  if  any  Stranger  be  there,  un- 
icft  feme  very  near  Kiafman  v  however  they  permit 

L      i  —  rz.     s      ■  .  them 


\- 


•  V 

'(hem  to  go  as  Gay  as  they  pteafe  about  the  fifoufe,' 
and  phe  Tiick  has  been  brought  into  a  Cuilom,  te> 
prevent  their  dcfiring  to  ramWe,  the  which  is  by 
the  hard  binding  up  their  Feet  when  GhiJdren,  to 
render  them  fmSl,  that  being  accounted  the  great- 
efl  Ornament  or  Beauty,  fo  that  being  Cripled  by 
that  means,  they  cannot  go  without  pahi.  As  lor 
their  dead,  th!;y  bury  them  in  Fields  fifteen  days 
ifter  their  deceafe:  They  that  are  buried  withiii 
the  Walls  of  Cities,  Ify'd  being  by  them  accounted 
moft  miferable.  Knowledge  they  have  of  the  I>eity, 
and  fome  marks  and  foot^fleps  of  Chrift^nity  is 
Iremaimng  amongll  them,  but  fo  obfcured,  that  they 
live  for  tncmofl:  part  after  the  manner  of  the  anci- 
ent Gentiles,  ofifcring  Sacrifices  to  the  Devil,  thercT* 
bv  to  appeafe  him  ,  that  he  fhould  do  'em  no  Mip 
tnicf  h  and  will  needs  have  the  date  of  their  A- 
ifUons,  or  the  beginning  of  their  Kingdom,Iong  be- 
fore the  World  was  ma^,  telling  many  flrangeand 
incrci^iblc  Stories  about  the  Creation,  (grc.  In  their 
Bttildmg,  and  indeed  in  all  their  Adions ,  they 
are  very  neat ,  and  the  Countrey  fo  poputou's , 
though  the  Wars  with  the  Tartars  have  fomWhat 
lelfened  the  number  ^  that  fome  of  their  Kings  have 
brought  a  Million  of  People  into  the  Field,  and  has 
fcldom  lefs,  than  i  ooo  Ships  of  War,  though  of  no 
great  Service,  in  a  readinels,  and  loooo  Icftr  Vef- 
fels  on  feveral  Rivers ,  for  carrying  of  Goods  and 
Merchandife  from  place  to  place  •,  yet  fo  jealous  arc 
they  of  Strangers  prying  into  their  Affairs,  that  in 
fome  Cities 'tis  Death  for  any  but  a  Native  to  lod^e 
a  Night  within  the  Walls ,  nor  is  he  permitted  m 
the  day  time  to  enter,  without  giving  his  name  to 
a  Publtque  Notary^  which  when  he  returns,  he  mull 
fee  croffed  out,  pr  where  ever  he  is  found  ,  he  fuf- 
fcr:  for  it.  '  -    •     -  >,         =  4-^""  V 

H  2  TIS: 


i. 


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fcl 


( 148 ) 

The  1V>wiis  ahd  Cidcs  are  too  Numerous  to  be  I 
particularly  recited  9  but  the  principal  are  Q^infay^ 
too  Miles  in  Circuit ,  with  a  Laxe  of  30  Miles  I 
compafs  within  the  Walls,   in  the  middle  of  which 
is  an  Ifland,  where  the  Emperor  {ac  he  ftiles  him*  I 
€elf;  has  a  Magnificent  Palface,  and  is  thought  to| 
contain  Two  millions  of  People*    Peauin  or  Fe|/fr,  l 
not  much  inferiour  to  the  former  in  oignefs ,  buc 
nothing  in  Trade ,  and  all  the  Countrey  is  f«  free 
from  Hills  or  Mountains,  that  the  Chmfe  ride  in 
Charriots  made  of  R^eds,  or  Canes,  which  by  the 
help  of  Sails  is  driven  by  the  Wind,  as  if  drawn  by 
Horfcs,  or  floating  upon  the  Water.     As  for  the 
Hivers,  they  are  but  few,  and  thole  Proceed  from 
^reac  Lakes,  as  wanting  hills  to  gire  them  Springs ; 
the  principal  are  Affthar^y  SeniUy   AmhaSuy   and 
CotiariSf  all  Navigable  9  and  have  over  them  a  great 
l^umber  of  Bridges  9  the  Arches  of  fome  of  them 
rifmgfo  high,  that  a  Ship  under  ^1  may  pafs  with 
asmucheafeasa  Boat:  And  as  fortheCufloms  a« 
dfing  by  Trade,  they  are  fo  great,  chat  no  Prince 
''vhatfoever  receives  Xo  much  upon  the  like  occa- 
Hon. 

-■v.  '    ■  J-  .-"■ 

Eaft  India  ^e/^r/W,  in  its  Kif^Joms  anl 
""  Trovinces^  &C.  -^ 

1HD1A  the largeft  TnGt  in  the  World,  going un« 
der  one  entire  name  or  denomination ,  except 
TartaryznA  China ,  is  bounded  on  the  Eaft  with  the 
Oriental  Sea,  and  a  part  ofChina-j  on  the  Wed  with 
the  Dominions  of  the  Perfian  -^fiphy'y  and  on  the 
North  with  Branches  of  Mount  2^«rw,  that  divide 
it  from  Tartar)  i  and  on  the  South  with  the  Tndian 
Ocean  :  the  whole  Countrey  (as  moft  confiderace 
perfons  affirm )  taking  its  name  from  the  Hiver 
Mjffy  the  moil  famous  md  noted  in  that  part  of 


r^^ 


i-'i 


(  H^X. 


Ap4i  thofeme  will  have  ir  to  ^Hb  called  fronr 
the  end  or  furtheft  extent  of  jifit,  and  is  extend- 
ed from  io5  to  1^9  degrees,  ^Longitude,  and 
from  the  E<]uinodial  or  Equacit^;  to  44  degrees 
of  North  Latitude,  as  to  the  miih  Continent,  tho 
(bme  Iflands  reckoned  within  the  compafs  oi  tndhti 
extend  to  9  degrees  South  Latitude. 

This  Countrey,   to  give  it  its  due,  is  in  mod 
parts  exceeding  pleafant  and  (Touridnng,  enjoying 
healthful  and  Temperate  Air,  unlefs  ac  feme  Sea-> 
fens,  when  the  heat  is  exceiTive  in  the  Southern 
parts,  the  Summer  continuing  there  mudi  longer 
than  with  us,  fo  that  they  have  in  a  manner  Two- 
Summers  giving  a  double  increafe;  fa  that  they 
want  nothing  fit  for  the  Hiiluningthe  Life  of  Man».v 
or  whatever  m^  tend  to  Recreation  or  Delight  :* 
Tlie  Kingdoms  and  Provinces  generally  abounding' 
withPrecious  Stones,  Spices,  Perfumes,  Medici- 
nals,  Mines  of  Gold  and  Silver,  and  Minerals  of  all- 
othet  kinds»Con^  and  Lead  excepted  $  andthac 
they  may  aot  fo  aboimd^ai  to  rejib^  the  Traffick  of^ 
other  Countries,  they  are  deficient  in  Wheat  and' 
Vines,  and  have  but  few  Horfes ;  the  Creatures  they; 
ufe  for  Service^  being  Camels,  Elephants,  andt 
Drome(|iries,  witHl  [other  Creatures  of  lefler  note :  * 
Though  die  Woods>  PIsuns,  and  Rivers  abound 
withTygers;  romeLyons9Rhinocerots,  Apes,  Ser- 
pents, and  Crocodiles  y  and  in  the  Seas  are  found' 
Whalesofamonflrotts^ze,  v&66  Cubits  in  length^ 
and  ao  in  thicknefs,  with  leflFer  Fifli  of  fundry  forms,- 
not  found  in  the  iE»ro/^e^n  Seas,  nor  perhaps  in  any 
other.    The  Natives  of  India  aredifferenti,  accorcf- 
ifig  to  the  Climates  they  inhabit ;  but  in  general  of 
a  Swarthy  Complexion,  Tall  of  Staturcj   Strong  of 
Body,  and  in  moft  places  very  much  Civiliz'd,  and^ 
Exad  Dealers  ^  and  altho  the  common  fort  are  buc 
meanly  clad,  and  many  only  with  Garments  capa«K 
bbof  hiding  dieir  Privities,  and  others  meerW  for 

H  3  Decencyi^ 


■;• 


.df 


Cifo)  ■        - 

l^cency,  y^t  thofe  of  eke  better  rank  ob(^rve  A 
NajeAy  in  both  Sev,  as  to  their  Raiment  and 
Attendants ,  Perfuming  themfelves,  and  wearing 
befides  Rich  Attire,  Jewels^  and  other  Ornaments 
ofgjreat  value  ;  and  tho  the  Women  are  barred  of 
that  Perfection  of  Beauty  the  £«ro/e^nx  poflefs,  yet 
have  they  many  lovely  and  attradive  Features, 
wearing  their  Hair  long  and  loofe,  yet  covered  with  | 
a  Veil  o( Calicut  Lawn  9  their  Ears  hung  with  Rings 
and  Jewels,  fo  heavy,  that  the  weight  diflorts  and 
difprdportions  them  v  they  have  jtlfo  Jewels  in  their 
Nofes,  according  to  their  degree,  and  are  very  fub- 
fQilTive  and  loving  to  their  Husbands,  infomuch  chat 
they  frequently  leap  into  the.  Funeral  Fires,  and  pe- 
rifli  with  the  dead  Body,  in  hopes^  to  enjoy  Iiim  in 
another  Wor^  V  *,  thofe  that  refufe  it,  beipg  looked 
uf>o»  worfe  than  common  Proflif utes,  and  not  only 
hated,  but  feverelyperfecuted,, to  the  hazard  of  a 
WorfeDeath  by  their  own  RelgMi^^s, 

The  Relig^  of  the  JmfiiiV  is^moftly  that  of  Gem 
tHirm,  tfao  Mahometifm  has  ma<fe  a  confiderabic 
ffrogrefa }  and  fince  the  Ewropedns  have.  Traced 
fiere,  Chriflimiity  hasconiiderably  prev^ledor  nv 
vher  revived)  it  being  held  on  all  hand^  that  St., 
ST/^om^j  the  ApofUe  planted  the  ChriAian  Religion 
idthefe  pares,  oC  which  upon  the  firft  Arrival  of 
the  Portuidsy  many  marks  remained  s  and  ^n  this 
Countrey  ic  is  held  he  fuffered  Macyrddm>  being 
run  through  the  Body  vyich  a  Spear  as  he  was  at 
lus  Devotion,  by  the  Command  Qiznlndian Kit^ ; 
and  if  we  take  India  in  general,  ic  confifk  of  a  mix- 
ture  of  five  forts  of  people  more  cfpectaUy ,  i/i^. 
Indians^Moors  or  Arabians^ Jew s^  TartarSy  and  Eure- 
p^MnChriftianSy  who  have  plamed  divers  Colonies 
on  the  Sea  Coaft>  and  in  the  iHands,  ikoi^y  forti* 
fying  tliemfelves  againfl  the  Power  of  the  Hadvts 
mi  whcr  Strang^s..  - ..    .  .     ^ 


.t 


■'  ^'i' 


Thi^  large  Countrejr,  cfpecially  on  the  Conlhftit, 
iipjrincipglly  divided  into  India  intra  Qangentyand' 
India  extra  Oangem ,  amd  then  fubdivided  into 
Kingdoms  and  Provinces,  and  the  chief  contained 
in,  |:h<e  fonncr,  ^tc  Narfingay  Millabaity  .Balajjia, 
Caml^ia^  Jiffandoay  Bengalat  Qftmity  Conor  a,  and 
VcUtf  \  and  of  thefein  their  oirder.  f     ^ 

i\rw4A.5/iV(/^iiesQiitheEaft6f  the  Golf  of  EengdU 
properly  accounted  a  Kingdom,  and  is  gooo  miles 
Ml  Compafs,  the  King  whereof  is  not  fub)ed  to  the 
Qreat  Moguly  hut  for  his  fiipporr,  and  the  defence 
C!fhisCdantrey,kee|)5  40060  Men  in  pay,  and  can 
raifeupon  occ^fioki  a  far  greater  Number  5  theCou©- 
treyis  v^tyfruit^l,  as  being  watered  with  many 
pIealanrStreams,;befides  what  the  Ganger  contri^ 
butes  towards  it,  and  has  for  its  Chief  City  Melle" 
4per%  otberwife  called  St.  I3&om4x,  in  Memory  of* 
the  Apoftle  faid  to  be  Martyred  in  itj  Eijhagar  a 
Town  of  Qonfiderable  Bejtuty  and  I^ade  ^  as  alfo 
Narfingdt  from^  whence  the  Kingdom  feemi  to  take 
its  Na^^  and  here  the  Wbmen  bom  thenifelves 
Wh  their  Husbands*    , 

'r  MAl'LABAKi  formerly  csdied  Aurea  CherfonefUf^ 
is  a  Countrey  extreamly  well  peo|ded,  yielding; 
Corn,  Spices,  Cocoes,  Jaceroes,  and  ai though  it 
iias  not  ahov^  25  Leagues  of  Sea  Coafl,'  yet  it  has 
in  its  Traft  tli^  Provmces  oiKanonory  Calecm,  Crath 
ganitry  Ckbin  and  Cariokmyznd is  of  larg^  Iiililnd  ex- 
tent ;  the  i^ple  upon  many  parts  of  the  Coad  ad« 
difHng  thernfclves  to  Piracy,  and  prove  very  i»- 
feoifpitable  to  Strangers,  eating  Humane  Flefh,  and 
giving  their  Virgins  to  the  PrieftS  or  Strangers  to 
&  dcflowred,  before  they  fuffer them  t6  be  Bedded 
by  themfclves  when  Married  5  with  many  other 
Barbarous  Cuftoms,  as  tlieir changing  their  Wives, 
and  their  having  fometimes  but  one:  between  fcven 


•»■  "^i,* 


'  -^^4 


BMJ^SIAy  czWcd  dtt  Kingdom  of  H^^iT)  thol 
|>uc  very  (hull,  is  neverthelds  famed  for  ,the  Mines 
cfGolcland  Silver  found  dierein>  by  whidi  the 
Neighbouring  Countreys  are  enrichedl,  having  for 
its  Chief  Towns  i^fnfr^Mii,  Balaffid^  and  Bocan^yt*^ 
ty  Fruitful  in  many  pares,   and  much  Traded  to. 

CMfBAIA^  called  oy  feme  GuKant^  is  accommo- 
dated with  4(00  Miles  of  Sea  Coafi»  very  Fer- 
tile, and  is  full  of  Cities  and  Towns,  many  of  them 
coniiderably  Traded  to»  and  althoOutle  of  fundry 
Jcinds  abound  here,  the  people  are  fi>  Superflitious, 
that  they  will  eat  no  Flefh,  but  live  upon  what  elfe 
the  Countrey  affords,  fiincying,  like  the  Pytbago* 
leansy  that  th^  Souls  of  Men  pafs  into  Bead;,  fyc* 
though  diey  fpare  not  to  kilhne  Elephants  for  their 
vory,  and  have  for  their  Chief  Sea  Towns,  DamM^ 
Cwroiey  BandorOt  RavettHnii  and  for  thofe  more  in- 
land, Camfaneif  y  Tanaa^  MUar^  and  Cambm  \ 
llie  lafl  giving  Name  totlie  whde  Kingdom. 

MAKDOAy  M  Province  very  FnutfUl,  and 
flored  withconiideraUeTownSy  andj^we  chtreil 
Jltandoay  from  which  it  takes  its  name,  being  g^ 
Miles  in  compafs,  and  faid  to  be  (b  well  Fumiined 
for  Defence,  that  it  held  out  a  Twelve  years  Siege 
againft  the  Armies  of  very  Powerful  Kinjgs ;  MoUa^ 
ivhere  the  Women  imicatmg  the  Men,  ride  a  flride 
with  Bootsand  Spurs  on,  ^c* 

B£i^6r^Ii4,isaverylarge,  and  no  lefs  Fruitful 
Kingdom,  lying  upon  the  great  Golf  of  che  Sea,  to 
nvhich  it  gives  Name,  making  120  Leagues  of  Sea 
Coaft,  watered  by  the  River  Chaberisy  on  which 
are  feated  many  confiderable  Inland  Towns^  full 
of  people,  but  luch  as  are  exceeding  Crafty  and  De- 
ceitful, thinking  it  no  crime  to  cozen  orover-reach 
Strangers,  nor  the  Women  to  proftitute  their  Bo- 
dies to  any  thit  will  g^ve  them  Money ;  the  Fathers 
letting  theDaughtcn  to  hire  for  fo  long  as  isdefired 
tododK?  WoriciitBed^and  Board,  it  being  the 

,^  Cwworo^, 


Cuftom  of  the  Countrey,  being  a  place  much  re-* 
forced,  by  rt^fon  of  the  rich  Commodities  found 
thercs  as  Gitiger,  Long  i'eppcr,  Silks,  Cottons, 
and  others,  isrc^  As  for  the  Chief  Cities,  they  are 
Bengala^  fcituate  on  the  Bay  or  Golf  C^^/^^n,  oi 
Satigarj  and  Gom^  and  in  this  Traft  the  beaft  called 
the  Rhinoceros^  is  chitHy  found. 

ORISTAN  or  Orixa  is  a  Province  not  very  large, 
yetfurnifliedwith  Rke,  Cioath  of  Cotton,  a  fine 
5mfl  like  Silk  nudcof  Grafs,  and  there  called  Teva^ 
Lon^  Pepper,  Ginger,  Mirabolans,  and  other  Com* 
modities  j  So  that  from  the  Haven  otOriJJa  2  5  or  ao 
Ships  have  been  laden  with  the  Commodities  of  this 
Province  in  a  Seafon  5  and  here  the  people  differ 
from  the  foregoing^  as  being  very  honefl  and  jufl 
in  their  Dcalin£s^  and  has  for  its  Chief  City  Raman^ . 
where  the  GovlariiQur  for  the  Mogul  refides. 

Ci4Aroi(i4k.a^ingdom  of  confiderable  (hrength 
and  largenefs,  but  famed  for  nothing  more  than  the 
Quarries  of  Adamant,  where  /ikewife  Diamonds  of 
^niiderable  Value  are  found,  and  that  none  may 
purloynchem,  a  Wall  is  drawn  about  the  Hill,  and 
a  Guard  fee  upon  the  Gates :  As  for  the  ch':''Cities  ^ 
or  Towns,  they  are  Lifpeo^  Dangar^  zwdVltabat^ 
mth  fome  other  of  leflemote^ 

DELUE  is  accounted  as  the  former,  a  Kingdom, 
the  Prince,  or  rather  Govemour  of  it  living  in  greac 
State,  and  is  fo  highly  Reverenced  by  his  Subje^s, , 
that  they  notonly  kneel  when  he  paifes  in  a  Rich 
Chair  or  State  carried  on  Mens  Shoulders,  but  up«^ 
on  Notice  given  that  he  (haves  his  Beard,  or  has 
his  HairOtt,  a  JubilC' is  kept  throughout  Ms  Coun- 
trey: As  forihc^oil,  it  is  not  very  FruitfuU  as  ly- 
ing confidendsly  Northward,  and  more  (iib)ed  to 
iiofts  than  the  reft  :  Its  Chief  City  is  Dellky  irorw 
whence  the  Kingdom  ttkcs  its  Name  5  bcfidesr 
which,  there  are  of  note,  Fremel;  Fnltabir  and' 
M^^i  Wl  dicfc  People  above  o^tt  Mums  ad-^ 

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di£lr  themrdViCS  much  to  the  ftudv  of  MagickJ 
In  riiis  Tra^  of  Intra  Oavgem^  arc  found  the  Pre 
vinees  ot'C^hw,  where  xhcFortugals  hold  a  confidc'l 
MHk  Trade,  and  hare  feme  Collonies;  CrangaiA 
a  fmall  Kiogdom,  moftly  inhabited  by  fuch  as  ihlcj 
thcmfclves  the  Ghrifdans  of  St*  Thomas^  and  isl 
vety  pleatifui  as  well  in  Pfodufl  as  Manufadurc 
CtnUmh  a  finail  Pomimon  of  about  80  Miics  u\ 
tftrii.  Governed  by  a  Petty  King  *,  but  for  want  ot] 
Igood  Havens  or  Sca-coap,  not  much  Tr^idcd  to,j 
though  ic  compreheods  Three  and  twenty  Wailed 


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IN  duispartof/wflfkare  found  divers  Rich  Coudi 

V  ARACHASf^  an  inland  Re^jion  :nvirc«ied  witlij 
-^ J^«wr#if«j  and  W^cw^j,  yet  exceeding  Fruitful,  aB(i| 
%  it  are  gathered  from  the  Rough  Bockfi/5r<^,  gras 
vigMantiticsof  Fredw  ^Sftw^'j  ^  as  for  the  Chief  Cifyj 

MACHI^  a  little  K»ngdom»  vwliercin  grows  the 

Wood  jd?//?if^,  much  efHeenied  and  valu^^  and  ha$j 

-Jifiacfm  (or  itsv  Chief  €ity.  vi  ^^-s  t.         I 

;;/    CAiM'BOIA  a  largeCounta^y  full  of  Peopleyibound* 

^?jng  with  B/e^/r^KW  and  RhinoctrQts'j  alfo  withGold| 

.    JSilver  tind  Aioes\  and  ether  Conmodities  ©f  ronfi(|C' 

rable  value,  putto^alcin  Camboia  its  Cliici  Cky^ 

CQCMtf^  Chim  a  Coitmrcv  ^once  belonging  goi 

the  Chm^T,  but  now  uiKicr  the  JE^m/s  Governed  by 

iiis  Depured  Ki^g*;}  aUowriditi^  with  Pcarcdm^AktsX 

SilkjjG&ld^  Silvery  kc*  haviogitsU^efCityofsikj 

fame  Name, 

tSit^BMAMA  once 31  Kmgdmix  of  noaccounf,b«tBOWJ 
by  the  Conqueils  the  Krngs  lia'v^e  iiiadc ,  it  m 
iwrdcr  its  poivei'C<i/^<"w,  Ff^:a.  Mtilnta.  M^^r^Ml 


Siarriy  and  others  5  fo  that  it  is  the  moft  powerful  m ' 

thi?  Tr3^  5  3.n4il^?  Qpy  P.f  P^&^  is  the  lloyal  Re- 
tldence  of  thai  King,  '      . 

6V.4  /W,  once  a  4)owerrul  Kingdom,thc  King  there- 
of  flyling  himiclf  MightJ^,  hut  now,  as  before  inti-  . 
rnated,  it  is  Tributary  to  the  King  ofBramay   and  is 
however  a  very  Fm^Cohtittty^  .hii'ing  Ma licca 
fonts  Chief  City,  pdieffed  by  t\T^' Pomgals^   and, 
miich  Traded  to  by  6th3r  iJattm^  for  Spices* 

FEGV  A'as  formerly'^fo  powerful,  that  the  Kings 
rhereot  have  brought  Armjfs  of  11  and  900000  men 
into  the  Field,extending  thdr  Cmqutftsycty  wide,. 

ir  ^  rubiea&,  -  J?h^fc  ^^^^'  H"*9?^  °^-'^^'*^ 

!^#f -^P^^iF^  #»«"«||r|J^we^  ^^iufrc 

fowwd  in  thisTarge  **^nt&  the  FrovirtcesX>r-^Ktrigaoth^- 
dDdfinia^  Fengah^  A^a^  Sanga^Candfoia,  Deean^^ 
E^tqiter,  Jaxanix^^  ^ti^'J(^gmn,  \  jmany  of  them 
very  fpaciousi  aboundfrjg  WijS  Vtkitfi  Cattle^  Minem 
rais^  Frmow  5'fi)«(r^5' and;  the,like-r  This  Countrey 
rarely  failing  any   where  to » produce  fomcthing; 
worthy  of  Noce,.      > 

The  Principal  Riyersarc  Gangesi  Tnius^  and  ffy^ 
i^  V  die  MW  *fiidii'ic|tora  mn  the  gMtivesy 
chafftlKy  coi»rroasr/  iHik&  oa  ^jigrimaflPto  it, 
$Up<»#itioiiOtiK»giiiki^«  that  >if^he;yjm|[  the 
'W^rirrS\hii:Bgwct  bdhre  difcy  die ,  .tl«  ffiitt  un^ 
douhre^ly  poir^i^ieklmaginedFdiciqMbamAier 

^0isr  bctflif: r«|ld^ Stt^a^s^'^iM-Kiy- ^c^Ssr^ams 
^W^^  cmfidtotikB  Mmfcmttfkmti  facoing 
»i  ew1chifigtferSoiin«vcry  pare  Mthccc  ihey 
ft^.  A)  fot  mimtms  of  noie ,  txoepc  Seme 
MNmbp^ToHTii^liicpema  but  fcw«  >    :ao:.  u  1 

"•r  o^•;r  i!p^U.-J  T '^4k  *  *»^'>  i7i'    r\.       Mi  v^;  .  ^ife 


wmmm 


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Geograplucat  and  Hiftorical 

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Vrt>i 


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Iff  i^j*  Kingddwf  and  Frc 


'ft-.' 


1  .    • 

FRJeAhtfa^iimEm^ii  but  Ids  than 
AfiOiW  bonnkdcocheSaft  with  the 
Red  Sea  and  AtMtm  Bm,^  parted  bv 
diem  from  4/^4;.  came  Weft  with 
the  Main /rtodcit  ^£e4iit  feparatiDg 
lt6omAainicd\  on  the  North  with  the  MuBferra^ 
nean  Sea^  divi<Bag  It  Irani  Smtfe  and.  AM^i 
and  on  the  South  with  th6  ^AN^A;e4ii,.  fepa- 
rating  it  from  theAmdwrnOontiBentiind  joyw  on- 
lytoAfiahym  Jfibnm  of  6o  Miles, over  wlncb 
Cii^atrd  die  C^eenoU!^  wlien  (be  fled  withA* 
t«i0f  from  die  Naval  Fighi  it^lffnmi,  purpofedio 

dmw  by  nainfiycc  her  Sb^sMl  QaUw  wq  the 


.'ft- 


m 


JMSea^  but  ^vasdiflwaded  from  i(^  by  being  put  it 
hopes  of  abetter  Fortune. 

JFRKA  is  heldto  have  uken  its  nanie  from  Afff^ 
etApber^  dcCccnd^d  from  Mrabaniy  and  is  properly 
held  to  contain  Six  principal  Regions,  befides  other 
of  leflernote,  vif(.  Barbaryy  Egyft^  Kunadia^SanOf 
the  Coun  trey  oCdieKe^»V»  and  die  Dominions  oC 
Freftorjohiy  andis  in  form  like  a  Pyramid  reverfedy 
the  Balis  of  which,  from  T/n^'er  to  the  Straights  of 
Cibralter^to  the  Point  where  it  joyneth  to  Afia^  is 
Qpunted  1920  Italian  Miles,  the  Cone  of  it  very 
narrow,  but  to  redcoa  from  the  Cone  or  Pyris,  to 
t}ie  Northern  parts  of  theBafis,  it  extendeth  itfolf 
415$  Miles,  and  is  fdtuate  for  the  moil  part  under 
die  TmidZonCf  being  crofled  by  the  Equator  almcrfl 
in  the  nudft,   wlui£  made  fome  of  the  Ancient 
Writers  conceive  it  not  habitable,  by  reafon  of  the 
exceffive  Heat  in  the  middle  and  more  fourhenii 
partt,  in  which  they  dcceired  themfelves)  for  al« 
thoin  fome  places  it  is  full  of  Sandy  Delarts,  ytrthe 

Seated  part  of  thofo  Re^ons  that  lie  near  or  uu- 
nr  thetinet.  are  fumiftied  with  fo  many  Foun* 
Qiins,  Uvers,  andlitde  Brooks,  Cedarsand  other 
lofry  Trees^  caffiog  a  large  Shade  as  well  as  bearii^ 
dbhcate  Fruits,  and  at  alt  times  floccd  witli  Blo^ 
Ibmi,  that  die  place  is.  not  de(^ble,  but  much 
tpbedeiired,  and  efpedally  places  more  North- 
Ward,  but  leaving  it  m  general,  we  proceed  (foi^ 
die  better  tima/^n  of  ih<  Rcaoer)  to  par* 
lipulars^         .  rt   :  ;  ,  \v 


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»..;ik' 


EGTPTy  once  t  Famous  and  Flourifhing  Rio£^ 
dom,  now  in  the  hand  of  the  Turks  j  isbouod* 
cd  on  the EaA  with IVwiMn,. and  the  AraKanBa^i 

jw  die  Weft  indiJE«n^  and  part  of 


!ir 


I^hidi  i  en  the  Kdrch  With  the  Aki&tmdntdn  Sia\ 
andontl^  South  with  z&ldefia  Si^ow^  contm- 
ine  lit  letlgth  fwtii  the  Meditmmean  to  th6  City  of 
Afua  or  S/f«(f  bordering  on  Mthiopia^  $61  Italian 
Miles,  and  in  breadtTi  from  ^opta  to  Damatla^  or 
from  the  moft  Weftem  Branch  of  H'tle  to  the  far* 
theft  Eaft  i  ^o  of  the  like  Miles  i  laid  to  be  it rft  lii* 
habited  by  Mifraim  ihc  Son  of  C/jw,  and  Giratid- 
child  toci^im,  fcituate  under  the  Second  and  Fifth 
Climates^  making  the  longeft  Summers  day  but  13 
hours  and  a  half,  and  altha  by  reafi>n  of  its  Souther- 
;  ly  (citua^ion,  it  muft  confequently  be  in  a  hot  and 
ftltry  Air  5  it  hakneverthdefs  frefh  Gales  of  W4iid 
to  temperate  it,2nd  once  a  Year  the  over-flowing  qf 
the  River  Nilfw^  which  rendcrt  it  To  Fruitful  mat 
k  abonndi  with  rich ' figures,  ftof^  of  C^me^ 
Holies,  bkeh,  A^esV  Sh)eepiitdG6acfiof  eKtl^r- 
'*ria|>' girbiirjhi  W^wiehlnfinkd.ft^^ 
1^n»e  Fowl,  with  gjenty '  of  Mirtferals,  tredtfiis 
Atones,  Wine,  Choice  Fr«y,  a^  Oranges,  I>- 
moi^  Citrons,  F6m^|i^af|ats,  Ghei^ries,  jfvf.  at|d 
lias   palmi  Trees  yiiT  great   liJvmibers  |ro^iiig 


.jv^^wcni^^ . 

tfe/or  th(f  Pco|fe,;#cy  ^  U^  ;S!P^thy  or 

"T^w^ny  COTnplexiqn,  very  tjpiochlrturedc^t^ 

'tio  the  Coin'trcr  iields  gr^at  Encr^c^f  it^  '^Wn 

"actofdivery  fi*tilcih(f ^^ 

crs,  whoLorditoverthcm;  the  Richer  ibM)^^« 

rally  addi^ng  themfelves  to  Necromancy  and  Smery^ 

«id  «$#iM^FS^ft|N  to  the 

FhdtMctans^  xhoogh  the  Maps  and  ihofe  that  were 
fHIcd  thcirPriefts,  ftrugled a]! that  in thj5{Q Jay^to 
iobfiniFc  te^arning,  ,l>y  KDi^mihg  the  mcdillig  -^ 
wjiat iney ^ntGidefl  to, exfirds  miW^m 
,  wadowingic  onder  (Sve»  forms  of  B»3^s  and  £ 
,  fg;^:  ^iBcrc  arc  tg!bc  (c^'tb^  J&&  oT  Mgltty 


Strttfiurcs,  as  the  Pyfanw^s  and  Tovrcr  ^i  Vhat^fi 
builc  of  MarblC)  exceeding  bi^n,  nightly  hung 
with  Lights,  as  ^  Sea*mark  to  SatlorSy  and  many  o- 
ther  rare  Matters  to  demonflrate  the  Magnificenoe  of 
a;Plcntcous  Kingdom. 

As  for  the  Cities  of  £iy'pr,they  are  generally  built 

vspon  Hills  oir  high  rifing  Ground,  to  Aand  dry  dp- 

ring  the  over-flowing  of  Ki/*</,  from  whofe  Waters 

the  Countrey  receives  its  Fertility  5  fo  ?hut  whilfl 

It  carries  itsSnream  over  the  LaQdi  they  Commerce 

with  each  other  by  little  Boats,  which  beginning 

on  the  i^tho^Jmc^  lafts  40  days,  (landing  15CU- 

Uts  in  many  placies,  and  in  ao  more  gathers  its  Wa- 

:  tcrswithinthe  Banks,  by  which  means  (he  Earth  is 

.  ib  well  tempered  (for  in  tbisi  Kingdom  l^frr  falls  no 

Bain)  that  tbe  Encreafe  is  r«C3r  aod  eighty  foU» 

tlieir  HarVeft  being  commonly  in  c>ur^#4rr^  ^fli 

^Apil  y  and  if  \  the  River,  flows  too  (^mvf^  ^t  «qo 

immoderate,  then  \t  betdcons,  fcfurcicy    or  Jpiie 

miiforoine  to  the  Prince,  Governoury  pr  St«ee» 

jlHd  wMlft  its  Waters  are  abroad,  which  at  the  iirill 

imiingcreate  a  Piagm  for  the  fnace  of  a  day:  xTbe 

Caotlefoed  on  the  ftilh  >  aqd  !Wncnthev Famine  was 

*here  in' the  Ae^  of  Fbar/t^b^ ,  ttiisRiyerreAiicd.QO 

,  fofs  its  bound^^cttf  give  any  Aflifiance  ito  the  Tiiiffty 

ThisCouncrey  tda^ibrmerly  divided  into  two 

ipurcs,  fubi'  Delta  smdTbtbak  ^   the  firfl  lying  be- 

^cweenthe  twoextream  Brandies  of  the  River  i^« 

«i2fl^  in  form  of  the  greek  Letter,  from  whence  it 

^kes  it^^  name,  and  the  lafltakit|(g  name  ;firom  the 

<Cigr.of  jM^/r containing di  the ircAoC die, Rivers 

Cburfe^  and  thefe  ag^in. with forecodd  Angles,. are 

divided  by  fomc  into  many  F^rw,  Shires^  or  Coma- 

tiet^  and  isfaidin  the  timeof  King/u^m/r/i/  theSe- 

v^iipiki  to  contain  20000  Cities f  Joim/,  andconfi- 

derable  Cajllesy  but.  now.  a  far  Icfs  number,   as  be* 

Wig^ruinca  ia  their  fcvcralWv^,  6^c,  they  being 


„l 


Cahoot  Otand  Caify  JkxanAitU  Pelufium^  fince 
called  Ddtmaiiaf  taken  and  poflefled  by  the  Chrifli" 
ans  in  the  Holy  WaTi  yet  heM  out  fo  obflinacely 
upon  the  Siege,  thar  70006  perfons  died  of  the 
Famine  and  PeAilence :  htres  or  fferoumy^tmtt 
on  the  Arabian  Ifihmm^  at  the  very  bottom  of  the 
Go!^  whcfc  facok  and  fffepb  had  their  firft  in* 
temew:  Hmf^lUi  the  City  of  the  Sun,  now  call. 
cd  Bttjhms  in  the  Land  of  Gofben:  Arfime^  on  the 
Shoar  of  the  Red  Sea^  Cletfatrit  built  by  (^een 
Cleopatra  i  Okba  Ruhra^  by  the  Greeks  cdled  ffiero' 
Mw^d  fometimes  £nriK^Ba/icr}Of  which  there  ^oes 
aStory,  That  King  Amencfhis  the  Fifth  being  Bhnd , 
was  informed  by  one  of  his  Maff^  that  if  he  could 
procitfe  the  Water  or  Urine  of  a  Woman  that  had 
Been  Married  a^  Twelip^-montli  and  upward,  who 
had  known  no  Man  but  her  Husband,  it  would  re- 
llore  him  to  Sight,  n^ien  having>  tried  in  vain  a 
great  number,  at  lad  one  was  found,  whofe  Urine 
eftdedit,  upon  wMch  he  took  her  as  a  mark  of 
Honour,  to-be  his  Queen,  and  ca^d  the  reft  to 
bebrouehtimothisTownrandto  be  burnt  tx^e* 
iherwitnit. 

As  for  thcEffftiaiUy  they  are  a  greatauaivor 
theA.  Mahometans f  and  fome  nudntain  thdr  ^  I- 
dolatrous  Cuftom,  in  WorftiipiAlg  an  Ox,  Onions, 
Leeks,  and  |other  Foolifh  Matters,  and  when  th^ 
have  yZ  great  Increafe^  they  Offciti  to  the  God  St* 
luty  as  they  term  the  River,  in  widch  Feaft  the 
poorer  fort  fpend  ahnoft  all  tliey  haveLabein«d 
for  through  the  courfe  of  the  Yeai^;  and  indeed^  ^ 
this  Country  in  Fmitfiiltiefs,  occaikned  by  that 
River,  affords  them  no  findl  Smc,  alludinf^tQi 

which)  thus  the  Poet  XmM  i 


•  ..^' 


t  -. 


tm 


> «. 


,  -     ■  .  ■  •  .       ^. 

thffi  fuk  cmtentd  bonk^  nm  inJiid  Mercki 
^  Jovis }  in  fik  tanta  eft  Fiduda  Nilo* 

The  Earth  content  ^th  it's  own  Wealth  doth 

/5 '  crave   .       •  ^^;\-.''M  •      :--  » v.-<.-  •   •   '-. 

No  Forreign  Wares^  nor  Jwt  himfelf  they 

have,  •■  ':^  '      -',■'  '•""    ■■ 

Their  Hope's  alone  in  Kihs  Fruitfiil  wave. 


.\-» 


And  one  thing  extraordinary  in  this  Kingdom,  wc  ' 
think  not  fit  to  pa(s  by,  whKh  if  true  (as  indeed  ic 
is  confirmed  by  People  of  known  Credit;  may  )uil«^ 
ly  create  a  wonder  in  all,  coming  to  pafs  by  a  fixper- 
natural  means,  and  not  the  work  of  Arc  and  Na«^ 
tare,  vii^,  about  fhre  Mile^  firom  (?4fr,  there  is  faid 
to  be  a  place  which  every  G§od  Friday  (hews  the 
appearance  of  the  Heads,  Legs,  Arms,  ^.  of  Mea 
and  Children,  as  if  riiing  out  of  the  Ground,  to  » 
veiy  great  Number;  howiever  if  sny  Perfon  ap* 
proach  them,  they  (brink  in  again:  Aftrangeforcf 
runner,  or  camefl,  if  true^  of  the  Re(urreeEk>n  of 
the  whole  Body,  prefented  Yearly  by  the  riiing  of 
the  Members  i  and  to  confirm  the  Truth  hereoi^ 
Stephen  Duplek  (held  to  be  a  Mkt  iHfcerning  Manl 
affirms  to  be  an  Eye  Witnefs  of  the  Wonder,  and 
that  he  had  touched  ^verfe  of  the  ri(ing  Member^ 
and  as  he  wa5  once  about  to  do  it  to  the  Head  of  n 
Child,  a  Cdrum  forbad  it,  telling  him  he  knew  not 
what  he  did.  Another  Wonder  is  the  Crocodile^ 
which  coming  from  a  fmail  Egg,  not  exceeding  the 
bignefsof  a  Twrl^es^  grows  tobe  )o  Feet  in  length 
and  proportionable  in  thicknefs,  living  at  Plea* 
fure  in  the  Water,  or  on  th^  Land,  deftroying 
not  only  Fifh,  but  Men  and  Beaih;  and  withthefe 
the  Hiltif  abounds,  as  alfo  v^th  a  Fifh  called  th^ 
River  Horfe ;  and  tjins  much  for  Efjifh     "* 


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ii62) 


AKBA^lCry  ("a. confitJcriUc  pai;t  of  i4/m)^, 
fo  called)  is  bouncled  oh  the  Eaft  vfkh  Cyre* 
mca-,  on  thje  W€ft  witbj  the  AtianticliOcean^y  on 
the  North  With  the  Streights  of  dibraltar^  and  fome 
part  oC  the  J^lanticl^  Ocean  5  on  the  South  with 
Mount  Atlas^  Teparated  by  that  Mount  from  the 
Defam  o|f  L)hia^  f^i^i^^c  under  the  third  and 
fourth  Climates,  'fo  tbjat  ^e  longcu  Siimi;ncrs  Day 
in  the  mpll  SoMthem  p^rts^  amounts  to  1 9  Hours  g 
Quarters,  but  in  tfa^.  Ncf th  4  and  s^Qi^rtery  ac^ 
counted  i^  Length  1  <oo  Mijes,  apd .  m  Bi^eadtb  in 
jbme  pja<:es  100,  andjn  others  i^ar  900  Miles,tak« 
ineits  Nflip^  from  thtt  Word ^ar  nQU(dc  double, 
fi^fying  ia  the  Saracen^  ^tiguag^  a  JDcfiii^c. 
r.  The  Part  of  Btfrbftry,  lining  cpwaip^s  %^  Jkikdkerra; 
ptan^'  hMl  of  craggy  Hills  ati({  Mcm^S  (hadcid  j 
on  thf  Top  with  Woqds,  wh^«  LyoQS  ai^  other 
J^esvfk  of  ftey  (hdwr  ihpw^CH  *ough  the  Val: 
leys  ^e  v^  Fruitful,  butdeficicDtin  Wheat,  in* 
Itpqiuch  that  the  Inhabicip^  M^t  Barky  Bread,  yet 
between  thef^  ^4  Wom  4^M9  the  Country  is 
p^mjgmj  w^fpppd  with  iliapy  Pkaftpt  Rivers^ 
i%iag|f:oii|  thaeMounc^HH  reqdcring  thc;,Spii  rich 
a^^r^jci  fp  ths|t  k  afljotfj^  great  ftom  f^fPhim?) 
Vc^ri  Figs>  Chcrri^.  Applies  of  ftudry  SinjJs^  Qyl* 

Soney,  ^fl?ri  ^std  fome  Mines  of  Qoldt  calM 
aj[b^  G<IUy  Ijfiing  the  finuft  of  all  other :  And 
Fiin^  reports  tbut  near  Leffp  we  may  behold  a  P^te 
Tree  0Ter-^d9wing  ;m  OJiye,  and  under  the  0- 
live  a  jFig*Trcet  aurd  under  the  Fig,  n  Pomegra- 
iMte^T,rer,  {Mid  under  thar  a  Vine,  ii^i  nndf^rxhc 
il]i?  Vjjje,  FfSKfe  or  Corn,  A'c  all  Flowr^iog  ^  ^^ 
fame  time,  ^nd  dii^  thicy  do  she  rather,  ihat  they 

inay  (belter  eifch  other  ftom  the  heat  of  the  Sun. 
r«-/.  -    --'  The 


(16;  ) 

The  Peode  are  o!  a  Dusky  Colour,  Inclining  to 
Bla*  :fs,  held  to  Pdcend  from  the  Arabians^  fo 
that  die  Language  they  Speak  in  moft  paresis  the 
Arabkk.'i  or  fo  bordering  upon  it  that  it  may  bcea- 
fily  underflood,  and  are  Impatient  of  Labour,  Co- 
vetous of  Honour,  Crafty  and  Deceitful,  yet  Audio 
ous  in  matters  of  their  Law,  and  (bme  Sc'^ences, 
iliore  efpecially  Philofofhj  and  the  MathemoJtkksy^nA 
are  in  Religion  generally  Mahomeuru  s  they  are  al- 
fo  (lately ,of  Gate,  exceeding  MidruMil,  Impla- 
cable in  their  Hatred,  and  Je^ous  beyond  compare:* 
for  the  Women  indeed  are  comely  of  Body,  well 
Featured,  delicate,  foft  Skinn'd,  and  w;tot  nothing 
but  Colour  to  make  them  AccompIiQiM  Beauties^ 
nor  has  tlus  Country  failed  to  produce  Peribns,  not 
only  Famous  fpr  Arcs  and  Arms,  but  for  Piety  and 
Learnii^,  as,  AtmlcwTi  Hanribaly  Septhnns  Severus^^ 
Majjin^a^  tertuUian^  Cyprian^  AmoHufi  Ij^antm^ 
A^tftmy  and  others  of  no  lefs  NiOte  ',  at^i  ber^ 
once  Ruled  ^tS^n  Dttto  in  the  Fanniqiis  City  pjT 
Cmh^j  which  City  fo  long  and  ftrongly  coii- 
tcttded  wlih  Aome  for  the  Empire  of  the  WQrl4 
but  9t  laft  W9f  (kilroyed  through  the  Importunity 
of  C4tOf  u  which  Xmt  there  w^  found  in  it  ( ne«- 
withfmdiiig  tlv?  ch^rgie  of  4  tedious  War}  47QPOP 
pound  wei^t  of  Silver. 

As  for  ithc  whole  Coujatry ,  c?lk4  94rk^7  Ib 
was  Divided  into  7  Parts,  viit.  Afn^t^  Frapri^cilr 
ltd  alfo  ZufftOfiia^  ByK4nten0f  TfMifm »  ^«w- 
iUy  Mam4ni4t  Cef^rienfis^  Snifenfisy  and  Twii* 
iama^  under  diverfe  Hingis  and  Governours,  who 
then  held  it  as  Tributaries  t0  the  A^m^n  Empc^ 
rors,  but  (ince  reduced  to  four  Pivifions,  vi^»  Tum 
9ky  Trermfenot  Alffcr$9  FeflS,  and  Mrocco-^  and  of 
thelie  in  their  order. 

TVNJS  k  acoouflued  a  KiBgdom,  containing 

whatever  the  Amients  called  Africa  Fraprisy  or  Mi- 

w^  and  Mmuilia  Axtlpa^  the  Air  very  Tcxopo- 

.  rate, 


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(  1^4  > 


#  '. 


rate,  confidcring  ihe  dc^ec  it  lyes  m ;  the  Soil 
very  Fruitful,  divided  again  into  5  parts,  tf^.  Bugidy 
Conftantia^  Tunis^  Ttipoley  and  Exitby  accommoda* 
ted  with  many  curious  Havens,  the  chief  beinc 
Trtpoleyt  where  the  Turkiflj  Bafla  rcfides  5  and 
Tmk  a  confiderable  City  giving  Name  to  the 
Kingdom,  fuppofed  to  be  founded  on  the  ruins  of 
the  Antient  r^rf^ii^^  v  and  hath  in  it  a  Temple  of 
iingular  Beauty  and  Greatnefs. 

TKEMESENf  or  the  Kingdom  of  AlgierSy  com* 
monly  called  Ar^e^  new  in  the  hands  of  the  Pira^ 
tical  Twrks  ;  has  for  its  chief  City  Akiers^  from 
which  the  Country  takes  its  name  y  Scituate  near 
the  Sea  in  the  form  of  a  Triangle  with  a  Haven,but 
neither  great  nor  fecure  from  the  fury  of  the  North 
Winds  s  though  the  City  is  flrong  and  beautifuh, 
having  not  only  in  it  fpacious  Inns,  but  Baths,  and 
Molques,  veiy  commodious  and  fumptuousy  and 
here  every  Trade  takes  a  Street  to  themfelves^ 
the  Streets  flanding  even  one  above  another,  upon 
the  rifinc  of  the  Vill ;  which  renden  it  a  very  t>lea« 
fant  profpea,  to  fuch  as  fail  by  it,  and  the  Harbour 
or  Mole  defended  with  ftrong  Caftles,  and  other 
Works,  which  render  the  Approach  inacceffible  and 
was  formerly  a  place  to  which  Merchants  traded  \ 
but  now  only  a  neft  of  Pirates,  ftudying  and  flriv* 
ihg  all  they  can,  to  endamage  and  moled,  fuch  as 
M  thofe  Straits  or  Seas)  and  though  they  have 
been  often  curbed  by  the  Englifh,  French^  and 
"Diach^  istc.  and  brought  to  terms  of  Peace  \  yet 
like  thbrow  paced  Thieves,  they  never  kept  it 
loneer  than  they  found  an  opportunity,  to  break  it 
to  tneir  advantage  s  and  were  in  the  year  i<588,  fo 
refolute  when  the  French  Fleet  lay  before  it,  and 
had  with  their  Bombs  fired  the  Town  about  their 
Ears ,  not  only  to  rejed  the  offer  made,  but  in 
contempt  to  that  puifTant  Monarch,  to  fhoot  his 
Confulout  of  a  Mortar,  or  piece  of  Cannon,  to* 

wards* 


wards  the  FrmeA  Ships  in  the  Road,  ^c.  As  for 
the  UpUnd  Country,  it  has  many  pleafant  Towns 
and  Villages  in  it)  abounding  with  Gardens,  Vine* 
yardsi  Paftures,  Cattle,  Com-Fields,  and  Fniiti 
«f(lindry  kinds.  ;  .  .. .    ;. 

FEZ  and  MOKOCCO^  are  now  joyned  under 
one  King,  who  fondly  (tiles  himfelf  Emperor  » 
and  contain  the  whole  Country  QiMamtama^  pro» 
perly  fo  called,which  took  its  name  from  the,^i9/^i(ri,a 
people  that  Antiently  Inhabited  it  j  and  the  firfl: 
of  tnefe  has  Fei^  for  its  chief  City,  gtvinc  name  to 
the  Kingdom  s  and  here  was  (cituate  uie  City  of 
Tungtefy  lately  demoliflied  by  the  ^tiglifl)^  as  not 
worth  the  keeping ;  nor  is  the  Country  wanting  in 
large  Forrefb,  Green  Fields,  Vineyarcu,flourifhing 
Gardens,  abounding  with  Fruits,  and  producing 
Ian  infinite  number  of  Cattle  ,  a  breed  of  ex- 
cefletTt  HoifeS  and  the  Mountains  many  wild 
Beads,  watered  with  the  Rivers  Bmnffmg  and 
\lndvis  for  the  fpace  of  loo  Miles. 

MOKOCeO  is  Scituate  in  a  warm  breathing  Air, 
Which  renders  the  Country  very  fertile  $  (b  thac 
ic  abounds  with  Figs,  Dates,  Grapes,ApDlcs^  Olives, 
Honey,  Sugar,  and  Cattle  j  the  whole  Country 
being  divided  into  7  parts,  vi:^.  Guxi^Hla^  Mom 
mccoy  Hea^  Duccala^f/afcdrafiit  and  Tedies^  all  hold* 
ing  under  the  King  of  MoroccBy  and  paying  him 
Tribute,  his  Power  being  Abfolute  and  Tyrannical  $ 
infomuch  that  he  caufes  whom  he  pleafes  to  be  put 
to  Death,  that  is,  caftto  the  Lyons^  or  other  wild 
Beafts,  to  make  him  fport  9  nor  can  any  of  his 
Subieds,  account  what  he  has  his  own  ;  as  for  the 
Proteffion  of  Religion  thefe  people  make,  it  is  Ma» , 
mmefifnty  thou^  there  are  a  gfeatmany  J^ews^ 
knd  fome  Chrifltdns^  living  amon^  them ;  as  for 
jKivers  there  are  not  many  in  this  Country ,  the 
|Uad  being  watered  moftiy  by  Brooks,  and  little 

.  Springs, 


♦   1^ 


r 


Springi )  nor  clo  they  know  In  tntd  f^m  Wh^ 
winter  means    as  nerer  having  fecti    Ice  ofi 
SnoWy  but  what  hangs  on  the  Top  of  the  Ailatl 
a  huge  Mountain,  held  to  TranicenH  the  Clouds ){ 
the  top  of  it  Crowned  wi|:h  Pines,  and  fo  deep 
and  rU2gcd,  that  it  cannot  but  with  great  diffi. 
culty  be  afcended  *,    lying  in  the  upper  i)art, 
fo  near  the  Cold  Region  j   that  hot  withftand- 
ing  the  people  beneath  fry  with  the  fcorching 
heat  of  the  Sun;  it  is  covered  with  Snovv  and 
Ice :  of  which  Virgil^  thus  writes*  ^ . .  .:  '  . 


Atlantis  CinSm^  &c».   ^    ^'\''^t'- 


«j  -•;      ,4. 


^    ¥ 


Atlas  whofc  Piny  tt^ad ,  wiish  (ildwds  fe 

clofed, 
ts  to  the  Storms  of  Wind ,  and  lUin  ex- 
j^  pofed ; 

•    >Jow  hides  the  Snow  his  Aflns,  now  tuto- 
blethdown, 
Upon  his  Chinn,  his  Beard  viiijh  fee  o'rc* 
grown. 


'  *  ^ 


iybia  Interior  DefmheJ^  &c. 

LTBIA  intERWR^  has  for  its  Nortliern  bound 
Mount  Atlas y  parted  by  it  from  Barbary  and 
Cyrennica  on  the  Eaft  ;  Lybia  Marmarica  on  the 
S6uth)  ^hiopid  Inferior^  znd  cl:e  La^id  or  Negro's 
and  boundedwith  the  Atlanticli  Ocean  on  the  Weft 
diftinguifhed  from  the  other  Lybia  by  interior,  as 
ifyirig  more  in  the  main  Land  oiAfricI^. . 


^\ 


Tliis 


this Crtttiitreiy,  hdwcfttitzMitith  was dlrtiitk 
guifhcdiittot^m^  'ffiiit^sbeMsr'atVideUlhto  Biledu- 
leiii  or  ffumUd^  'Lybfavejertay  or  Sarra^  ind  t 
confid^rabie  Porrioh  6f  the  Countrcy  called  Ihrra 
^fffriurum^  or  the  Nigro^s  Cinntrey ;  and  as  foi* 
Kumidia.^  it  abounds  in  maoy  places  with  Cattle, 
Palm  Trees,  andForreds  of  Wild  Beafls,  not  mortf 
Salvage  than  the  People,  who  live  for  the  mofl  part 
t^  R&inc  atid  Murtrer,  ihho(][)itab!e  to  Strahgers, 
ftcglcaingTilfctgej  ind  giving themfelves  up  chiefly 
tothefcedingof  Cattle  upon  the  Mountains,  Car- 
fying  like  the  Tartars  their  Families  and  Tents,with 
dther  Pfotifionsfbpmp'ace  CO  place,  by  reafon  of 
the  fearcend^  bf  Water ;  for  where  this  day  a 
S|>rfttg  is  fbttiid,  the  next  it  mky  perhaps  be  funk  a- 

lin  •,  yecidir*  th^  Ritfcf  tiata^  and  in '  fomc  other 
pts,  die  Cottnifey^^pje' have  fcattered  Villages* 

id  thofc  of  beetbr  Raftk^Caftles.  As  foif  theTo\vns 
wefiridof  Note,  they  aifc  or  were  tlftn^gedit^  Ta^ 
yu  'y  thlfety  a  ToWtl  of  40©  Houfcs,  but  no  place 
coniideraole  hcajr  it  in  300  Miles :  Techorty  where 
hMAt  the  mdft  Courtedus  People  of  all  the  Coun« 
ttey,  and  chofc  rather  to  Marry  their  Daughters  to 
Strangers  thaff  to  Natiires,with  feme  otlicr  bfkflcr 
note,  not  viorchtiientibn^  as  being  exceeded  by 
moft  of  oUr  Oiiiritrey  Villages. 

LTBlAt>fiSEKtAy  is  a  place  (b  deditute  and 
poor,  by  reafbn  it  moiUy  confiAs  of  wide  Defarcs, 
and  barren  Sands,  bf  eedihg  numbers  of  Poiibnous 
Serpents,  that  few  People  Inhabit  it,^unlers  Thieves 
and  Robbers^  who  live  upon  the  Spoil  oi  thofe 
that  attempt  to  pafs  them ;  yet  near  the  Borders, 
where  there  is  any  Green,  they  have  fome  petty 
Towns,  fach  as  go  tor  Cities  in  thofe  Paf  cs,  as  Ta- 
taxfty  20  Days  Tourney  from  any  other  Peopled 
Place,  yet  affords  Veins  of  Salt,  which  they  Ex- 
change for  Viduals  with  the  7om6«M;i  Merchants^ 
or  elle  mud  Perifli  for  wam^  «ad  are  many  times 


m 


6ver«whdmM  vrith  the  Sandsy  dtirm  like  C!mi^ 
topon  them  by  the  Sosith  Wind  5  Gnargata^  Scitu- 
»ce  oti  the  Brink  c^  a  Lake^  maden^  and  Tom^iij. 
yrfKm  i  nor  was  this  Country  ever  fought  after  by 
rhc  grcac  Conquerorst  as  not  being  worth  their 
Travels  eSr<r. 

tEKK'A^tQKtTARVM,  or  the  laf^  of  Ne^oes^ 
h  partly  in  Libya  Interior^  and  partly  without  ir, 
ana  is  eitcceeding  Hot,  by  Reafon  of  m  Scituatk^ 
under  the  Torrid  Zone^  yei  full  of  Black  Peopk  ^ 
txXid.  though  a  great  part  of  it  be  JDeiarty  yet  feme 
places  hy  the  nvour  of  Springs  are  fo  well  knit  and 
taftened,  that  they  appear  Green  and  Fiourilhiogv 
&nd  efpecjally  thofe  that  Jye  within  the  compafs 
Of  the  ovcr-nowing  of  the  River  N^\er,  infomuch 
that  they  have  t^kaiant  Gardens,  failures^  Com 
Fields,  and  ftorc  of  Cattle,  VV^oods  full  of  Ele- 
bhanrs,  and  other  wild  Bea(l&,  whofe  Ficfh  they 
E«r»  when  taken  b)r  Hunting,  and  Clothe  them- 
felves  with  their  Skins,  but  riave  very  few  Fruit- 
Trees,  unlefs  fuchasbeaf  a  kind  of  a  Fruit  like  a 
Chefnut*  very  bitter,  nor  have  they,  unlcfs  very 
rarelvs  any  Rain  in  this  Country,  but  are  fur 
ph*a,  like  Egypt^  by  Dews,  and  the  over-flowing 

The  P^ple  of  this  Trad  were  fo  fimple,  that: 
at  the  irft  coming  of  the  Fortugds  hither  to  trade, 
they  took  their  SMps  to  be  great  Birds,  with 
white  Wings,  and  the  Roaring  of  their  Guns  to  be 
the  Voice  of  the  Devil ;  nor  could  they  conceit 
their  Bag-pipes  to  be  any  tiling  but  Living  Crea- 
tures, and  when  they  were  permitted  toconvina^ 
themiclves  of  the  contrary,  they  would  not  yet  be 
beaten  cm  of  it,  but  that  they  were  Immeaiately 
the  Work  of  God's  own  Hands  ^  yet  are  they  ve- 
ry Reverent  or  Refpedful  to  their  King,  who  ex. 
tecds  not  in  Manners,  or  Breeding  one  of  our 
Coblers,  never  daring  when  they  come  before  him 

'  _       s        •  to 


^j  V  . 


(  1^  .J 

m  Icwk  in  his  Face,  buc  c^ft  their  Eves  dovvr> 
ward,  and  when  dicy  lit,  though  the  ch.cfcft  cf 
ills  Favourites,  it  is  ac  his  i^ccc;,  blat  qsi  thck 
•Burcccke.  *  ^^      '■  •' ••'   '^-  -     -     '  •'  .  -. 

As  for  the  Religion  (  if  it  may  be  To  termed  )  of 
thci'e  Ne^roeSy  ic  is  a  mixture  of  Idolatry  and  jyfu- 
kmctifm^  though  formerly,  as  appears  by  foiTiC 
footlleps  yet  lefc  ,  Chriilianicy  vvas  predorri- 
rwnc  in  divers  parts  of  rlie  Land  ,  and  through  tl  is 
Causicrey  the  River  A^i/«f  pafJes,  and'cis  Watered 
likewife  with  Semtga^*  ^  River  arifing  out  of  the 
Lake  Guaga,  iittic  inferior  to  the  fcrmer,  and  has 
divers  Mountains,  as  Antaltes^  Arangw^  and  Umum 
CurrkSy  thrufiing  into  the  Sea,  and  reaching  in  a 
manner  the  Clouds*  ■■'-     -^  •  •  - 

The  chiet  Cities  of  this  Countrey  in  tlie  time  of 

Ptolomy^    were  Ni^ra^    Thumondacanay   Ma  Li  c  hat  h^ 

Sdeuce^  AniguXth^  Pana^ra,  with  fomc  few  of  lel'^r 

___  Ko«e,  but  mofi:  of  them  are  ruined,    and  fcarcc 

t""  any  thing  but  their  names  remaining  j    however 
there  are  fome  crept  up  in  their  Heads,  but  thofe 
^  not  many,  as  Arghia,  Porto  Bio  For tr  del  Rijcato^ci'^ 
I  ther  buik  or  fo  named  by  the  Portugds, 

In  this  Trad  (Jot  it  is  a  very  large  oUv'*,  tak^n^ 
tipalxjvea  third  part  o^  AfrkkJ  are  Oinneay  cr- 
tended  from  S'/m***  Leona  in  the  i.th  Degree  cf 
longitude,  to  Beww  in  the  30th.  vvlcrc  they  have 
the  juice  of  a  Tree  asilrong  as  V/inc,  asalfu  V;ine.s 
of  Gold:  A  place  very  Fruitful,  and  much  abound- 
ing in  Kice,  Barley,  Ivory,  and  Guinea  Pepper. 

TOMLVTVM,  a  Kingdom  of  it  fdf,  very  Rich 
in  MinesofGold,  yet  a  greater  (lore  is  ^/]vxd  by 
his  Warring  on  his  Neighbours  j  as  aifo  Aicll,  Car.'jy 
G?al$fia^  Gitber^  GH,wgara^  G^cga^  Gamhra  cr Q^trr 
tea,  Gialofty  EitOy  Tcmiam^  Zcg:(cg.  laffara^  GC' 
than^  Atedna^  Daum^  Gualta,  Agadt^^  Can?y  Ca[cn.\ 
Savaga^  moft  of  them  Tctty  Frincef,  net  cf  any 
f:onfiderabIc  Note.       * 


i 


/" 


,  C  17^  ) 

i?0it2(rt.W,  a  large  and  populous  Coumrcy,  ac-l 
•counted  5c o  Mifesifl  Ltngth,  yet  moftly  Inhabited 
by  keepers  of  Cartle  that  abound  here,  by  rcafon  of 
the  abundance  of  Failures  5  and  here  they  ufe  no 
Marriage,  but  mix  together  as  they  think  convenj. 
enc,  giving  their  Children  Names  by  Tome  markt)r 
token  of  their  Body  *,  however  the  Kings  Revenucj 
are  grcar,  his  very  Dogs  being  coupled  in  Chaini| 
of  Gold. 

BENIN,  Eartward  of  Giunea  \  the  King  whereof  I 
hath  (5oo  Wives,  with  wholh  he  Marches  in  State 
Twice  a  Year  to  fhow  them  to  Strangers,  and  the 
Subjects  following  the  Example  of  their  Prince,  get 
as  many  as  they  can,  few  having  lefs  than  Ten,  and 
Jiere  the  Men  and  Women  go  naked  till  they  are 
Married,  and  then  have  only  a  Coveting  from  the 
Waflc  downward,  Snperftitioufly  raifjng  the  Skin 
with  three  flafhes  of  a  Knife,  from  the  Navel  to  the 
Privy  Parts,  as  a  mark  of  their  hopes  of  SalvO"! 
tion. 

NVBIA^a  confiderablc  Countrey,  ftretching  from 
<jttcg(t  to  l^'tlWy  has  D/iw^«/<»  for  its  chief  Town.and 
fome  other  of  Icfler  note,  and  affords,  amongft  c 
ther  Drugs  the  mortalcd  of  Poyfons  *,  infomucli 
that  the  tenth  parr  of  a  Grain  will  difpatch  a  Man 
in  a  c^uarrerof  an  l»ovir  ^  and  affords  moreover  Civ 
vit,  Sugar,  Sanders,  Ivory,  ^r.  The  Kingdom  ta«j 
i<ingirs  Name  from  thtKubha^a.  certain  people  thar 
irhabitit,  and  is  well  refrefhed  with  Rivers  ardi 
Lukes,  and  the  people  were  generally  Chriftians,  a 
Arcng  snd  potent  Nation,  well  SkilPd  in  War,  in 
kO  much  rharT) r/>c;/y  one  of  their  Ki/»gs .  hearing, 
• '.c  Cliriflians  were  oppreffed  in  Egypt ^  raifed  an 
^rmy  of  loccco  Horfe  to  fucc©urthem,  but  being j 
>''C)Ut  to  enter  that  Kingdom,  to  the  great  Terrourj 
*^;  fhe  Tar l;^f  and  Snr aniens,  he  was  met  by  the  Pa* 
tn.rch  of  Alexandria^  ar  whofe  Supplication ard I 
jLn:rcatyhf  rctwncd,  without  cnterprizing  any 

thjn^' 


(I70 


I    *.. 


tffing  Memorable,  nor  has  ic  been  long  fmce  thcy>  for 
wane  of  Spiritual  Guides  to  (ircngrhen  and  contirnl 
thcmi  have  fain  off  from  the  Chriftian  Faith,  and 
embraced  the  Supefflicipns  of  Mahomtt. 


"\ 


iEthiopia  Superior  defer  iked  in  its  King- 
doms and  Ffovinces.  «. 


b 


nV  tmOPlA  SVPERIOR  has  on  the  Eaft  5m w 
IJui  BarkarickSy  and  the  KedSea\  on  the  WefH 
Lika  Interior  and  the  Kingdom  of  Kublt'-,  and  pare 
(f  Congo  in  the  other  ^Ethiopia  on  the  North  j  £- 
gyptSLtid  LybtM  MarlnaYica  on  the  South  \  the  Mom- 
tains  oi  the  Moon  |Jarting  it  from  j¥.tbiopix  Inferiour^ 
and  had  its  prefent  name  from  the  Grecians^  and  is 
(cituate  on  both  fides  the  Equinocbial,  extending 
from  the  South  Parrallcl  of  7  Degrees  to  the  Nortii 
end  of  the  Me  Aferoe^    fcituate  under  the  Fifth  Pa»» 
ralld  on  the  North  of  than  Circle,   being  account^* 
ed  in  length  about  1 500  Miles,  and  in  breadth  ai« 
bout  half  as  much,  in  Circumference  4300  Miles  % 
containing  the  whole  Coun trey  of  tAtbiopiay  «s  be*- 
fore  hmited^    the  greatcrt  part  of  it  being  the 
Abyjjine  Empire  or  Dominion  of  Vreflor  John't    the 
reft  comprehending  the  Kingdoms  of  Addzwd  Adea^ 
the   Provinces  Qiiiola  and  Afelindi ,    tl:ouj>h  the 
laft  arc  reckoned  parts  of  ALthiopiu  Inferior  j  tl^ 
Ifland  of  iWtrroe  in  the  North  pollelied  by  Afahome- 
titns  Enemies  to  Frefior  John  ,  all  on  the  South  of 
^^«ii4  and  the  Wed  of  A'/7«i',    is  Inhabited  by  the 
An:^;ch}y  a  Cannibal  and  Idolatrous  People,  wl'io  hav^ 
a  King  of  their  ownj  and  all  the  Coaftof  the  Red 
Sen,  as  well  within  theCoaft  ofBabd-mandety  the 
Port  of  Erocco  only  excepted,  h  in  tl)c  PoUeirion  of 
Afoors  and  Arabians^  who  pay  Homage  to.  the  Kings 
o(  AdcUnd  AJea.  r^'^ 


I  2 


As 


1  J^^  u°^  '^*^  People  o^Aithiopiay  properly  (o  ctU 

Kd,  they  \vcrc  forfricrly  held  to  be  great  Aflrolo* 

prs,  the  firft  Ordiiners  of  Sacred  Cerertiotiies, 

trcm  whom  the  Egyptians  had  their  Inflrudions,  al- 

jvays  counted  good   Archers,  vet  TreacherouSfly 

mooting  with  PoifonedArrows-they  go  ill  Cloathed, 

^Pf  2S  bad  Houfed,  for  the  moft  pare  cxtreamly 

inehned  to  Barbarifm,  and  unlefs  they  Swear  by 

the  Life  of  their  Emperor',  not  fo  be  credited  in 

iTiatters  of  Weight  *,  their  Colour  is  an  OJive  Taw- 

^y»  inclining  more  to  Swarthinefs,  except  their 

Emperor,  who  as  a  tnaric  of  the  true  Prince,  and 

are  held  to  be  Converted  to  theChrJfiian  Faiii, 

ny  the  Eunuch  of  Qocen  CrffTfl^^re,  Converted  by 

Sr.  Philip  the  Evangelifl,  which  Flourifhcsamongu 

them  to  this  day,  and  comes  very  near  in  all  the 

Material  Points,  to  the  Orthodox  Religion  of  the 

Reformed  European  Church,  ^c.  and  arc  under  a 

Patriarch. 

"^^  Country  of  the  j^hiop.u  is  like  all  other 
Countries  in  this  Tra^,  Fruitful  in  fome  Places, 
ijnd  Barren  in  others,  yet  it  generally  abounds  in 
Rice,  Barley,  Beans,  Pcafe,  Sugars,  Minerals  of  all 
i^incls,  Cattle,  ti<.  Goats,  Oxen,  Sheep,  Horfesi 
fli'd  have  great  (lore  of  Flax  and  Vines,  yet  mak 
«^eithcr  Cloth  nor  Wine,  unlefs  peculiarly  for  the 
^mperor.  Patriarch,  or  great  Men,  being  much 
^iven  to  Sloth  ,  nor  do  they  indeed  know  how  to 
bring  their  Minerals  to  Perfcftion,  nor  will  they 
trouble  themfelvcs  to  Fifli  or  Hunt,  tho*  the  Woods 
iind  Rivers  are  infinitely  ftored  with  Fifh  and  Vc* 
uifon. 

As  for  the  Provinces  comprehended  at  this  time 
within  the  bounds  or  limits  o(  ^.thiopia^  they  re, 
Oita^o'c^  TigremacPy  Argnte^  Datnut^  Amma^  [  .^4- 
trndrum^  Goi]am^  Adel,  Adea,  B^nnflgajfum,  Dan- 
4nii,  VabM^  Fatigar,  Xoa^  and  Barns  •,  though  not 
«i',as  I  intimated  within  the  Circuit  of  the  /- 


h^ne  Empire;  and  of  Note  amongft  thefe  arc^ 

r.n^nt^.'^f^^^^^^,^"""*'^  ^P°n  ^Ii<^  Red  Sea,  ex- 
/S?  ""^  f'r^"'  .'^'"^^  ^^^he  Mouch  of  the 
Sneji^:ts,  and  hath  for  its  Sea  Port  Fmco.  the  on^ 

Kf  wl'';^  En?Pire,  held  Tributary  from  °he 
S  ^  K  ^^/"etimes  fince  took  it  from  the  ^bi. 
optans  with  the  Town  of  Suachen,  ^or  which  they 
pay  yearly  i ooo  ounces  of  Gold.  ^ 

aJII^^^^^.^  ^>'^"S  ^^""^en  mim,  Marah  and 
Angm,  isaplcafant  Kingdom,  thoiigti  of  no  great 
extent,  and  has  for  its  chief  City  C^«nw,  fuppofcd 
to  be  the  Regal  Seat  of  Queen  C^niacc,  whole  E- 
nuch  St  P/;//7pBapLized. 

A^QOTE  is  a  Province  confiderably  Barren,IyiW 
between  r/^r^w.fj,n  and  ^w^re  ,  infomuch  that  be- 
ng  deficient  of  Gold  or  Silver,  or  any  other  valua- 
^le  Commodities,  Iron,  Plate,  or  Rings,  and  hard 
Loaves  of  Salt,  made  tofundry  degrees  of  bignefs* 
pals  as  Current.-  .  .^^  * 

XOA  is  more  Fertile  tlian  the  former,  as  liavidg 
many  green  Pafhires,  where  a  great  Number  of 
Cattle  Feed,  as  likewife  aboun^ip?  with  Fruits, 
and  is  almofl  in  all  parts  Grateful  \o  the  Husband- 
map>' 

FAtfGAJl  is  noted  for  having  in  it  a  Lake  of 
tjiat  Name  12  Miles  in  compafs,  being  on  the  Top. 
of  a  high  Mountain,  from  whence  divers  Rivers, 
well  ftored  with  Fifh,  defcend  to  water  the  Coun- 
try. 

OO/T^/Wis  famed  for  the  Mines  of  Gold  found,. 
as  alfo  for  the  Unicorn,  who  makes  his  abode  in  the 
Hills  of  the  Moon,  large  Mountains  fo  called,  be- 
caufe  the  Moon  upon  her  rifing,  appears  firft  from 
behind  them  to  that  Country  j  and  although  the 
Bea/ls  are  rarely  taken  by  reafon  of  their  Swib^fiy 
yet  their  Horns,  fo  famous  for  expelling  PoiP^n  arc 


'       (  174) 

found,  wliich  at  a  certain  Period  of  Time  they 
tkcd. 

CVGEKAy  othcrways  Moofy  is  an  Ifland  of 
which  wc  intend  to  fpeak  hereafter ,  and  in  this 
Country  is  found  the  Hill  Amara^  whicji  is  a  Diys 
journey  to  aicend,  and  30  Miles  in  compafs,  in 
Form  round,  and  on  the  top  of  it  are  fundry  plca- 
fant  PUns  and  Pallaces,  the  Air  being  much  cool* 
cr  than  that  beneath,  and  kere  the  Princes  of  the 
Blood  dwell.  As  for  the  Emperors  Stile,  by  rca* 
(en  of  the  flrangenefs  of  it,  we  think  fit  to  infcrt 

P.  I.  Supreamofhis  Kingdomr,  nnd  the  Beloved 
^  God^  the  Pillar  ofFaitby  fprung  from  the  Stecl(^  of 
Judah,  the  Son  cf  David,  the  Son  of  Solomon,  the 
Son  of  the  Column  of  Sion,  the  Son  of  the  Seed  ofjn' 
cob,  and  the  Son  of  the  Hand-maid  of  Mzry^  the  Son 
cfNahUy  after  the  Ftefhy  the  Spff  (fSt,  Peter,  and  St, 
Paul,  after  th^  sp:%  Zmperor  fthe  hiitcr,  find  lef- 
pr  iCtliiopia,  and  rfthe  moft  nttghty  Kingdoms^  W 
mimnsy  and  Countrtes  of  Xoa,  Goa,  Caf&res,  Fa- 
rigar,  Angote,  Bjlignazo,  Adea,  Vangue,  Goijami, 
(jfhere  are  the  Fountains  of  Nile)  Amara,  Banpia- 
niedron,  Ambea,  Vanjucum,  Ticremean,  Sabaim, 
(the  Birth-^lace  of  the  Qijeen  of  Saba  )  Bamagofum  j 
tind  Urd  of  all  the  Reffon  unto  the  Confines  of  E- 

And  is  faid  to  have  for  his  Arms,  a  Lyon  Ram- 
pant, in  a  Field  Or,  with  this  MpttQj  vi%.  The  ly- 
m  of  the  Tribe  of  Judah  fhall  overcome.  Which  gives 
many  occafion  to  think,  he  either  defended  of  the 
Jewifh  Race,  from  the  Stock  of  David^  or  from  the 
bff-lpring  of  the  Queen  ef  Sbeka^  or  Saba y  called 
the  Q^ueen  of  the  South,  fuppofed  to  be  Begotte^i 
by  Solomon  y  but  leaving  thefc  Conjcdures  to  thofe 
-  •      ^  .  ^  that 


<  '7)  ) 

Itliat  arc  difpofcd  to  make  a  more  fin^  Inquiry 
[into  them,   vvc  proceed    co.tlie  Inferior  ^hh^ 

Ethiopia    Inferior  Defcrihed^  in  its  King- 
doms and  Provincej^  &c. 

Tjnr MIOPIA  Iferior  ]m    on  tlie  Eaft  the 
JjlLs  Red  Sea-y  on  the  Wefl  the  JEthhpick  Oceans- 
on  the  North  the  Higher  ^hiopia^  and  Terra  Su- 
gntarum  *,  and  on  the  South  the  Main  Occan^  part- 
ing it  from  terva  Auftrdlu  Incognita  *,  being  lower  in 
wScitiiacion  than  the  former  \  a  Country  b^t  little 
known  to  the  Ancients,  but  fince  more  fully  Dif*- 
covered,  and  is  divided  properly  into  4  Parts,  vi:^. 
Z.mg'bary  Monomotnpa^   Cafram,  and  Mwkonio'y 
and  as  for  the  People,  they  differ  little  from  the  o- 
ther  Ethiopia,  either  in  Cufloms  or  Manners,  going 
Clad  with  Ariped  Plads,  or  Skins  of  Beafls^  pare 
Mahometans  and  ^zxt  Maters,  w 

ZAKGEBAK  is  a  Country  Low  and  Fenny,  by 
reafoa  of  the  over- flowing  of  the.  Rivers,  and  fa 
peftered  with  Woods  and  Forrcfts,  that  for  wa  ic 
of  the  free  motion  of  the  Aur  it  is  very  unwholfomc  *, 
and  fo  little  are  the  people  skilled  in  Shipping,thac 
tihc  Mms  who  dwell  on  the  Sea  Coafts  ufe  to  ad- 
venture in  litdc  Veflels  fowed  together  with  Lea- 
ther ThongS)  and  Caulk*d  with  Gum,  having  no 
other  Sails  than  tlie  Leaves  of  Palm  Treer^  and  this 
Province  contains  1 5  lefler  ProTJnces,  as^  Mdindi^ 
AhmbA^a^  J2wj/i,  Afifambiqu:,  a  very  Fruitful,  Po- 
pulous Countrey  ;  St^fa'jty  fuppofed  the  Cphir  of 
Solomon  for  its  ftore  of  Gold,  Ivory^  and  other 
Rich  Commodirie.s^  Moenhemago  or  Monemug,  an 
Inland  Provincf,  Wording  Mines  of  Gold,  which 
the  People  barter  with  the  Portugals  for  Stilus y  TaffOf* 
f4V,  and  tljc  Jike,  Afiemem^ey  Coma^   Calen^ 

I  4  Anx^^ 


it' 


J   ■  C  176) 

Anxitgn^  Mombtra^  Mombixa^  Bandi^  MmT^ala,   iW.r,| 
c/ior^  Benda  zndEmbreOy  and  has  for  its  Chief  Ci- 
fi°s  or  Places  of  refort,    Af^mbax/t^  Ampnyt^   both 
taken  by  the  Port ugals^  ^'tola^  Mofawbique^  J^ifola} 
imd  others  of  leiTer  note  j  and  in  this  Region  are  di- 
vers Cannibals ^  of  a  black  and  horrid  Afped,  who' 
War  upon  their  Neighbours  for  no  other  end  than 
tliatthey  may  eat  them  when «hey  take  them  Cap- 
tivejand  amongft  others, having  taken  MombaT^aythcy 
jmade  a  great  Fesiflof  the  King  and  fuch  Citizens  as 
clcapcd  not  their  hands,  and  would  have  no  Com- 
merce held  with  them,  were  not  ?/wr  Comtrey  ex- 
c:eeding  Rich,    ' .  U  "^  •  '•  >    t 

A/ONa7»/OFi47t<4  lies  moftly  upon  the  Sea,  and  is 
in  Circuit  i^$q  Italian  Miles \  the  Airrery  Tem- 
perate ,  and  wholfome  and  pleafant ,  and  is 
Watered  with  the  Rivers  ,  Panamiy  Aurug,  Lnan* 
ga,  Afangeanoj  in  whofe  5ands  is  found  much  Gold, 
and  as  for  the  people  of  this  Trad,  they  are  black 
of  Complexion,  meanofStature,  fwift  of  Foot,  and 
veryfbrong,  covering  themfdves  only  with  Cotton 
Cloath,  and  diet  upon  Flefli,  Fifh,  Milk,  Rite  and 
Oyl  of  Sufimattf  being  Pagans  in  Religion,  Wor^ 
fhipping  a  God  called  Morjmoy  yet  invifible,  for 
cliey  liat«  Idols  *,  and  here  above  all  Comtreys  in 
Ajricl^^  the  Women  have  the  greateft  privilcdges. 
They  punirti  Theft,  Adultery,  and  Witch-crafc 
with  Death,  yet  have  no  Prifons,  but  execute  the 
Oftenders  as  foon  as-taken  i  and  the  lefTer  Provin- 
ces ipto  which  this  greater  is  divided,  zre  Motuca, 
Riciin  Mhei  oiOold^  Torr a  or^  Butna^  Boro,  Quiti' 
cut  J  I  nh  am  bran,  and  fomc  others  of  leffcr  note, 
tbcy  being  all  very  Fruitful,  but  mod  famed  for 
their  Jifines  of  Gold  j  but  their  Towns  are  very  in- 
cpTiflderabley  the  people  moftly  living  in  ftragling 
Cotts,  the  meaner  fort  not  fofifcred  to  have  any 


.Ml       •^. 


CAFRA, 


'         (  177  ) 
CAFRAKlAy  A  third  Divlfionof  this  A^hmpUt 
is  a  Country  greatly  abounding  with  Herds  of  Cattle  i 
Deer,  Antelopes,  Baboons,  Foxes,  Hares,*  Pelicam, 
Oflriches,  Herons,  Ducks,  Gcek^  Pheafants,  Par- 
tridges 'j  exceeding  well  watered,  but  deficient  in 
Com,  by  the  negleft  of  the  Natives,who  choofe  ra- 
ther to  five  idly  upon  the  bounty  of  Nature,   than 
to  improve  it  by  Arty  making  their  Aboads  in 
Woocfs  and  Forrcfts,  and  building,    for  the  moft: 
part,  their  Houfcs  of  Brandies  of  Trees,/ interwo- 
ven Hurdle-waies,  and  arc  black  of  Colour,   thisk 
Lipped,  flat  Nofed,  long  Headed,  but  longer  Earer'^ 
which  reach  beneath  their  Shoulders,   occafioncu 
by  their  hanging  extraordinary  Weiglics  in  them 
for  Ornaments,  as  Rings,  Chains,  i&c,  Aad.  to  ren- 
der themfelves  more  beautiful,  flaOi  their  Skins  in 
divers  parts,  carving  it  out  into  fundry  Forms,  in 
imitation  of  the  Antient  Brtta'ws  j  and  the  better  to 
fliow  it  in  all  parts,  they  gomoflly  naked,  ui.leis 
apiece  of  a  BeaftSSkin  over  their  Privities  5  and 
tliofe  that  go  beft  attired,   it  is  only  in  Skins  of 
Hearts,   roi^h  as  they  take  them  off,  their  Dye  c 
being  raw  Flefij,  and  with  the  Guts  of  Beaftsthcjr 
adorn  themfelves,    by  hanging  thenn  about  their 
Necks,  and    indeed  arc  altogether    Brutal  and 
Beftial.  And  in  this  Traifl  live  the  Imbians^  not 
ftr  from  the  Cape  of  Good^hope^  Tall,  and  of  confidc- 
rable  Strength,  living  by  War  and  Rapine,  feeding 
on  the  Flefti    of  their  conquered  Enemies  and 
dying  Friends,   whofe  Deaths  they  hartcn,    that 
they  may  the  fooner  Eat  them,  and  make  Drink- 
ing Cups  of  their  Scuilsj   and  in  dieir  Wars  they 
fight  vTith  Poifoned  Arrows,  and  a  long  Pole,  har- 
dened at  the  end  with  Fire,  carrying  likewifeFire 
before  them,  figoifying  thereby  that  they  intend 
to  Road  and  Boil  all  they  fhali  overcome ;  and 
thefc  were  they  that  Eat  up  the  King  of  Mam" 
ba^a  mi  his  People ;  their  King  if  fuch  a  Mpnfler 

I  <  dcferve  .; 


AftjiTc  ttac  frcred » Epithctc,  accounting  himftlf 
hard  of  all  the  Earthy  and  wlicn  at  any  time  the  Heat 
pr  Rain  offends  him,  he  darts  his  Poifoned  Arrows 
at  Heaven,  by  way  of  defiance :.  As  for  Towns, 
they  havenoBie  of  any  note,  ILvingin  Hutts,ftrag^ 
ling  Villages,  and  Woods ;  and  in  thcfe  parts  is 
the  dipt  of  6ood4me^  frequently  touch'dby  fuch 
45  Sail  ro  the  Eajt- Indies -^  and  the  better  to  dif- 
cove;r  thecMflomsof  thefe  People,  in  the  bca% 
and  inhumane  condition  tlicy  live  in,  take  the 
foUowitig  account,  w<^  It  happened  that  fomc 
•  Englifh  Ships,  in  their  way  home  from  the  Indies, 
fortuned  to  take  two  of  the  Natives,  near  the 
&y  of  Soldapiay  in  order  to  learn  from  them,  when 
tjiey  could  be  brought  to  fpeak  Englifh,  a  ferther 
account  of  the  Country,  and  one  of  them,  named 
Qxrre^  they  brought  to  London,  the  other  dying  by 
'the  way,  when  the  better  to  pleafe  him,  they 
'^not  only  arayed  him  in  fine  Cloaths ,  but  gave 
liim  Beads,  Bells,  and  other  things,  wherein  the 
Natives  of  his  Qountrey  mofl  delighted-  yet  not 
thefe,  nor  the  fumptuous  Fare  he  met  with,  could 
after  his  indination,  for  he  altogether  appeared 
Dogged  and  Melancholy  y  and  when  he  had  a  fmar-, 
'tering  of  Englifh,  he  would  often  throw  himfelf 
upon  the  Ground^  in  a  melancholy  poflure,  and 
pafTionately  cry'd  out,  ^a^nf^oSaldania,  ^oCoore 
l^mcj  go.  So  that  all  hopjs  being  lofl  of  bringing 
him  to  any  better  manners,  than  what  he  had  na- 
turally imbibed,  they  fent  him  back  again  by  the 
next  ships,  and  fet  him,  to  his  no/mall  joy,  on 
Shore  wnerc  they  found  him:  So  that  at  any 
time  when  he  faw  Ships  with  Englifh  Colours, 
he*  would  come  running  to  the  Bay  with  Guc 
aiidGarbidg  about  his  Neck,  to  them,  ddngthem 
aM  the  good  Oifk:cs  he  could,  being  more  pleafed 
with  tkatBeadly  inanQer .  of  Living  than  any 

v  •     •   ••■   M.m 


•\  >• 


MAKICOHffOt  is  a  vfTjr  unjpcratc  R^igi- 
•n,  iree   jfrom    cxtream  CoMsi »   as   being  fci- 
marc  tinder  the  Eouatpr,  rendriqg ; by  thac  means 
the  Soil  exceeding  froitftt],afJbrdingFriiu$,  piatJts,  , 
Hferbs,  fiotc  of   Paflu»ge^  abundance  'o£. Bulls, 
Cows  y  Goats,  Hsires,    Deer ,    Elephants,    and 
Setpents  fo  large  that  they  will  fwailow  a  Man  ^  . 
Fowlof  fundry  kirids,  they  havejn^reat  plenty, 
h6th  ^ild  ana  tame,  as  being  watered  with  the 
Riv<^  C94n7iay    Bepff^y  Bf^rbeta^  Ambrixj,  -  Dande^ 
Uxfi^  and  tZarty  and  has  in  it  the  MoMntains  of 
Siera^Cowplida^  the  Chryftalline  Mountain,   where 
great  (lore  of  ChryAal  is  fpucld,  the  Mountains  of 
the  Siiin,  j[he  Mountains  of  SalH'ttri   affording 
great  quantities  of  that  kind  ©r  Minerals,  and.  the.- 
Mountains  of  C^hamb^^  rich  in  Mines  of  Silver.  . 
And  tliis  Province  of  Manicergo^    contains  fundry 
icflcri   the  King  fliler  himlelf.   King  of  .Bom^4,  . 
CorigOf  SangOy  Smdu  Bangui  l^aui,  pemba,  Abundiy 
AfatAna^  fi^ifornay  Angalu^  and  C^cangdy  Lord  of  • 
CongemeSy  Atnolas^Cj   Lang/eluniy  jMiuichif  Chucchiy^ 
9Xid  Zoangbu  though  feveral  pf  thcni  are  undifco-  * 
vercd  to  the  YMofennfy   the  whole  Coaft  being  : 
fiHl  difcovered  by  the  Pmugal$\  who  opened  a 
way  on  thisfideof  i4fr/c,.  tothe  Wealth  of /mi/!f^  / 
in  i</'^; , and  although  the  King  of  Cow^o,  has  no  i 
other  Current  Money  but  Cockle  Shells,  .yec  his  -, 
Revenues  are  great  by    Prcfents,   for  none  may 
come  to  him  empty  handed,   asalfo  by  his  (hire  : 
of  Gold  and  Silver,  digged  out  of  the  Mines  •,  an  I 
in  this  Traft  are  fundry  Nations  ofCannibals,  who 
greedily  devour  Mans  Flefh, .  rather  than  that  of  : 
Ecafls,  jrnd  of  thefe  there  are  the  Igges^  or  Giachiy  . 
inhabiting  the. Mountains  of  the  Sun,   the  which  : 
though  rl^ey  have  Wives  lo  or  20  a  piece,   yeDr 
have  they  no  Children  to  be  their  Heirs,    for  r 
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StXy  (leaiing  ijone  under  i<?or  26  years  of  Age, 
which  by  force  and  cufloni  they  bring  to  be  as 
bad  a^  thenif€lves,againfl  whom  the  Batti^  a  neigh- 
bdifring  Province,  keeps  70000  Men  in  Arms,  to 
prevent  the  Stealiifig  or  Eating  the  red.  Ano* 
thcr  fort  there  are  of  thefe  Mongers  in  ^<<:^icA^wrf, 
wlio  Eat  not  only  their  Enemies  but  their  Friends 
and  Kinsfolks ',  and  if  at  aqy  time  they  can  make 
to  the  value  of  a  penny  more  of  a  Slave  Dead 
than  Alive,  they  kill  liim,  and  cut  out  hi^Body 
in  Joyftts,  felling  it  publickly  in  their  Shambles, 
as  Beelf  and  Mutton  with  us  9  and  when  they 
have  any  that  ase  Lean,  they  fat  them  for  the 
Slaughter.  And  great  pitty  it  is,  that  fo  good 
and  fruitful  a  Country,  as  thefe  Regions  of  u4/nci^, 
ihould  be  pofleiled  with  fuch  impious  V/ retches; 
ivherefore  left  a  further  Relation  of  fuch  a  bar- 
barous People,  fhould  prove  ingrateful  to  the 
Reader,  we  will  put  a  period  to  the  Difcourfeof 
this  Country,  and  oi  Africa^  till  we  come  to  the 
Iflands,  and  fo  proceed  to  the  DefcripticM)  of  ^' 
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MEKlCA^  the  fourth  Divifion  of  the 
World,  fo  named  by  Americus  Vefyucm^ 
an  adventurous  Florenme,  who  difcc* 
vcred  a  part  of  the  Continent,  is  bounded 
on  the  Eaft  with  tne  Atlanticl^^Occm^  and  the  Vir* 
ginun  Seas,  called  Mure  del  Noorv-i  on  the  Weil  with 
the  Pacifick  Ocean,  called  Mare  DelZun  dividing 
it  from  Ajia  on  the  South,  with  part  of  fena 
Aufiralk  Incognita^  from  wfaich  feparat^d  by  a  long 
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narrow  Screight,  called  theScreight  of  Magellan!, 
but  on  the  North  reaches,  as  fomc  fuppofe,  to  the 
Artick  Polej  the  bounds  are  not  known,  and 
althfough  chis  Country  lias  been  but  lately  dif. 
covered  by  us,yet  it  is  conjeftured  to  be  as  anciently 
P -opled  as  Europe  it  felf,  and  though  fomc  have 
guefled  it  was  knownto  the  Antient  Greel^s  Romans 
and  Carthagnians ,  yet  they  are  but  Conjectures, 
only  the  A'*^umcnts  ur  Probabilities ,  they  bring  to 
confirm  or  ftrengthen  them,  being -much  too  weak 
to  hold  with  a  confidering  or  Judicious  Reader, 
and  therefore  coming  to  more  certainty*  vve  muft 
be  impartial,  and  afcribe  the  Honour  of  the  Dif- 
covery  of  this  great  Country,  calied^  by  many 
A  Aew  Worldy  to  the  Honour  and  Memory  of  Chru 
ftophir  Colon  or  Columluf,  a  Gem?fe^  born  at  ^r^^ 
in  the  Signiory  of  Gtwa^  wli©  being  a  man  of 
confiderable  Abilities  of  mind,  could  not  upon 
coniideriog  thejnotionof  the  Sun,  perfwadc  hira- 
ftlf  but  that  there  muft  in  reafon  be  large  Coun- 
jrics  not  found  out,  to  which  it  communicated 
Its  influence,  and  beiog  flrongly  poficffed  with 
thefc  thoughts,  he  imparted  them  to  the  State 
of  Oeno^y  in  the  year  1480,  whereupon  he  fent 
his  Brother  Barthoktmw  to  propofe  the  Dif- 
covery  to  Henry  the  Seventh  of  £/;^/W,  who  un- 
luckily, by  the  wayj  wai  taken  Prifoner,  though 
fome  time  after,  bemg  fet  at  liberty,  he  performed 
his  Tfuft,  and  w^s  Tccejvcd  with  much  diear- 
fulned,  infomuQh  that  Columbp  was  fent  bx  by 
the  King:  hajjpy, for  the  Natives  had  they  fell 
into  fuch  merciful  tands-f  Jjwt  Providence  other- 
ways  ordered  it,  for  CohmbMs  ignorant  -of  his  Bro- 
thers being  taken  by  the  Pjirats^  not  hearing  any 
return  or  anfwer,  concluded  his  Propofalsrejeded, 
and  thereupon  he  made  his  Overtures  to  the  Court 
x^Cafiile^  where  after  man^  delays  and  fix  Years 
Atceodincey  he  was  furnifhed  with  three  Ships, 

not 


not  forConqucftjbut  Difcoveryjwheii  having  Saifcd 
fixty  days  on  the  Main  ^Occan,   he  could  defcry 
no  Land,  fo  that  the  disheartned  Sfmards  grow- 
ing out  of  love  with  fo  tedious,    and  as  tliey  con- 
eluded,  fruitlefs  a  Voyage,  began  to  Mutiny,  re- 
fufing-to  pafsany  further,  at  what  time,   as  fortune 
would  have  it,  cohmhus  efpied  a  bright  Cloud  a- 
rife,  growing  flili  more  light,  from  which  he  ga- 
thered, that  they  muftafcend  from  the  Fumes  of 
the  Earth,and  not  the  Ocean,  whereat  taking  Cou. 
rage,  he  prevailed  with  them  to  ftand  three  days 
courfe,  and  if  in  that  time  no  Land  was  difcovcred, 
he  would  engage  to  return  5  when  towards  the  end 
of  the  third  day  they  efpied  Fire,  which  they  af- 
terward found  to  be  on  the  Coaft  of  F/orfi^,  where 
Landing  his  Men,  he  caufed  a  Tree  to  be  cut  down, 
and  making  a  Crofs,  he  ercfted  it  on  the  firm  Land 
on  the  Eleventh  of  OMer  1492  jtaking  thereby  pof^ 
feflion  of  this  I^ew  World  in  the  name  of  the  Sfamfl) 
Kin^y  findmg  it  exceeding  pleafant  and  promi-fing, 
and  fo  by  degrees  proceeded  further,   and  after 
him  divers  others,  till  they  brought  to  light  the 
Kingdoms  and  Countreys  Intended  here  to  be  de- 
fcribed. 

TheCountrey  0^  America  on  the  Continent,  is 
properly  divided  into  two  great  F^w777/i</<«V,whereof 
that  toward  the  North  is  called  Jffexicana  from 
M'xfco  the  Chief  City,  computed  to  be  i^doo 
Miles  m  Circumference  y  the  South  is  called^tr^rfr^, 
the  Sailing  about  which  is  reckoned  i'^ 000  Italian 
Miles ^  andthe/)(?te«5that  joy  nstheni  together,  is 
very  long,  but  narrow  in>  fome  places,  not  above 
12  Miles  from  Sea  to  Ses^  and  in  many  not  above 
vj  J  called  by  t\\t  Spaniards  the  Strcightsof  Darien^ 
from  a  River  of  that  name  near  the  Iflhmus^  which 
Ifihmus  has  been  oftcn^propofed  to  be  cut,  that  by 
the  joyning  the  two  Seas,  the  paffage  might  be  very 
iQuch  Shortened  to  C^in^,  ^rxdxlK  MoIm^'^Sy  but 
never  yet  cntcjrprizeA,.  The. 


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The  Mexican  Vrovince  is  properly  ditided  into 
the  continent  and  Iflands,  The  Continent  com 
tai^ieth  the  Provinces  of  Eftotilandy  Nova  Francia^ 
Virginia^  Florida^  California^  Nova  Gallicia,  Kova 
Nifpania,  and  Guatimalia^nd  thefe  fub^ivided  into 
leffer  Countries.  The  Peru  an  Province  ,  or  the 
Southern  Peninfula,  taking  in  fome  part  of  the  Ifth. 
mw^  hath  on  the  Continent  the  Province  of  CafleU 
Ama^  Nova  Granada^  Peru^  Chiele^  Parognay^  Bra- 
ftli  Guiana^  and  Paria^  with  their  fevcral  Mem- 
bers, and  particular  Regions,  oi"  whicli  in  their 
order,  and  tlienof  the  Iflands  of  the  Univerfe, 

Eftotiland,  and  its  Regions  defcribed^ 

aNder  the  name  of  Eftotiland  we  comprehend 
the  Northerr  Regions  of  the  Mexican  Province^ 
as  alfo  thofe  on  the  EaftjanA'tis  bounded  Eaftward 
with  the  Main  Ocean;  on  the  South  with  Caniday 
or  Kwa  Francia ;  on  the  Weff  with  undifcpvered 
Trads  of  Land*,  and  on  the  North  with  an  Inlet 
or  Bay  of  the  Sca^  called  Hudfm  Bay,  taking  its 
name  from  Henry  Hudfon^n  Englifhnian,  who  firft 
difcovered  it. 

ESTOXILAW^  properly  fo  called, .  is  the  moft 
Northern  Region  on  tlie  Eaft  fide  of  America^  the 
Soil  fufficiently  inriched  by  Nature ,  the  Natives 
Rude  and  void  of  Civility,  Arts,  or  TradaWcncfs, 
going  many  of  them  Naked,  notwithftatiding  the 
cxtreamGold,  living  by  the  Flcfh  of  Wild  Beafts 
they  kill  in  the  Woods,  and  is  but  little  Inhabited 
but  by  the  Natives,  byreafon  of  the  lafting  Winters; 
the  greateft  Advantage  drawn  from  this  extrcam 
Region,  being  the  Fifliing  Trade,  where  in  the  Ri- 
vers at  the  Scafon,  arc  fuch  a  Number  of  Cod, 
called  New-land-fifh,  that  with  ^  r^^  ^^S  ^^^  ^ 
^ooka  a  Man  may  catch  forty  or  fifty  in  an  hour, 

E^hich  . 


which  dried  and  falted,  are  brought  into  England 
and  other  parts  of  Europe -,  befidesthey  Trade  fome- 
times  with  the  Natives  for  Feathers,  F»rs  and  Skins 
of  Beads,  and  the  mod  noted  places  ("for  Cities  you 
muft  cxpeft  none^  are  fuch  as  have  been  named 
by  the  Englijh^  viz.  Prince  Henry's  Fore-land^ 
Charles  CapCy  King's  Fore-land^  and  Cape  Wolflenham 
atthtend  thereof,  where  the  Strnghts  open  in  a 
large  and  fpacious  Bay,  cdLMtdiHudfons  hay^  but  ro 
come  more  Southward}  the  next  Region  is  Terra 
Corterialis, 

In  Tirra  Corterialis^  the  people  are  found  to  be 
of  a  little  better  Underftanding,  Cloathing  them* 
feJves  more  decently  in  Skins  of  Beads,  and  fuch 
other  Garments  as  they  can  conveniently  obtain, 
being  generally  good  Archers^  gettiag  their  Pro- 
vifion  thereby,  yet  Strangers  to  Towns  and  Cities^ 
a.  living  in  Caves  and  Swamps,  or  fortified  Woods, 
to  vhich  they  gave  the  Names  of  Towns  or  Villages  5 
aot  Marrying;*  buc  living  Common,  mpft  of  them 
Id^iatersy  and  thofc  that  are  their  Guides,  pretend- 
ers to  Southfaying^nd  Witchcrafts  much  delighting  in 
Fijhy  which  they  eat  more  gladly  than  anj;  things 
though  a  French  Colony  fetUnghere,  have  built  fome 
inconfiderable  Towns,  indifferently  Inhabited^  as 
Brefls  Cabo'MarxPy  Sanlla  Maria^  and  fome  others ; 
and  this  part  was  firfl  difcovercd  by  Sebafiian  Cabot 
in  the  Year  149P,  at  the  Charge  of  King  Henry  tYiQ 
Seventh,  though  not  Improved,  but  took  foon  after 
its  name  from  Gafpar  Corteriaiif  z  Portugal^  who 
fomeyrears  after,  Sailing  upon  Difcovery,feil  in  with 
iti  and  here  arc  found  Staggs,  White  Bears,  and 
Scut-fifhaYardlong,  and  fuch  fhoah  of  Cod-fifh 
upon  the  Coaft,  chattlpiey;  retard  the  Sailing  of  the 


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NEW-FOVND'LAND,  another  part  of  this 
Trad  lies  on  the  South  of  Corterialk^  parted  from 
it  by  the  Frith  or  Streight,  called  Golfes  dcs  Cha* 
Jieaux,  pretty  well  Inhabited,  though  not  free  from 
the  Extremities  of  Cold,  and  has  on  theCoaft  fuch 
abundance  ofCod-fifh,  Herrings,  Salmon,  Muflles, 
with  Pearls  in  their  Shells,  <fy'c,  that  it  is  to  be 
wondered  at ,  as  alfo  T/iornbacks,  Smelts  and  Oy- 
ftersj  the  up-Iand  Country  well  Manured,  produ- 
cing naturally  Rores,and  bea'-s  Peafe  in  extraordi- 
nary Crops,  Flourifhing  with  Trees  of  fundry  kinds, 
as  well  for  Fruits  as  Shades '-,  and  in  thefe  Parts  the 
Natives,  feaping  the  Bloody  Cruelty  of  the  5;)^ w- 
ards,  are  pretty  Numerous,  being  of  a  reafonable 
Stature,  broad  Eye'd,  full  Faced,   and  Beardlefs, 
their  Complexion  the  Colour  of  Oaker,  and  their 
Houfes  for  the  mofl  part  ira Je  of  Poks^  their  Tops 
meeting  together,   and  covered  over  with  Skins, 
their  Hearth,  or  Fire-place  in  the  middle,  after 
the  manner  of  the  Laplai\ders  s  their  Boats,  with 
wl  ich  they  Sail  in  the  Rivers,  and  on  the  Sea  near 
the  SJioar,  are  made  of  the  Bark  of  a  Tree,  that 
Country  affords,  20  Feet  in  Length  and  4  in  Bredth, 
yet  one  of  them  weighs  not  1  Hundred  Weight; 
and  on  this  CoaA  are  many  curious  Bays,  fafe  for 
SMps-,  and  before  this  Part,  which  fome  term  an 
liknd,  as  being  divided  by  the  Frith  from  the  Con- 
tinent,!yeth  a  long  Bank  or  ridg  of  Ground  of  many 
Hundred  Leagues  extent,  but  not  above  24  at  the 
Broadefl,  and  all  about  iHandS)  called  by  fome 
Cabo  Baccala%Sy  from  the  Swarms  of  Ccki-fim  found 
about  it,  which  by  the  Natives  are  called  Baccalaoty 
ft)  that  the  Bears  frequently  puU  them  out  of  the 
Water  with  their  Paws  and  eat  them:  As  for  the 
Natives  (upon  the  coming  of  the  Chriftians)  they 
Inhabited  the  Sea-Coaft,  but  now  foi;  the  moft  part 
liave  betaken  themfelves  to  the  Woods  and  Faft- 

ncffes,  and  ufcd  to  cxprefe  their  Duty  and  Rcvei^- 

cnce 


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encc  towards  their  King,  by  ilroaking  their  Fore» 
heads,  and  nibbing  their  Nofes  which  if  the 
King  accepted,  or  was  well  pleafed  with  the  Par- 
ty,  he  turned  his  Head  to  his  kfr  Shoulder,  as  a 
mark  of  Favour;  And  at  this  day  >he  FiOiery  for 
Ling  and  Cod,  chiefly  draws  the  Englifh  thither, 
though  fome  Furrs  and  Civit  are  likewife  to  be 
found,  which  the  Colonies  there  fetledhave  much 
improved. 


Cai^ada^  cr  Nova  Francia^  Defcri-^ 

ANother  part  of  this  Traft,  is  called  Canada^ 
from  the  River  of  that  Name  that  Waters  if, 
and  Hew  France^  from  a  Colony  of  French  that 
fettled  there,  who  at  their  firfl:  arrival  were  glad- 
ly received  by  the  Natives,  with  Singing  and  Danc- 
ing ;  and  this  part  Qli  well  as  fSova  Scotia^  and  :^o* 
rmbc£M^  is  caafidkxahiy  Woody,  in  theap-land 
parts  full  of  Stags,  Bears,  Hares,  Martins,  Foxes, 
whofc  Flefh  (611  more  Civiliz'd)  the  Natives  did 
Eat  raw,  as  they  did  their  Fifh,  only  being  dryed 
in  the  Sun,  or  Smoak'd  in  their  Hovels  5  they  Have 
alfo  Coneys,  Land  and  Water  Fowl  in  great  Plen- 
ty, taking  great  Pride  in  Bracelets  and  Chains  of 
certain  Snells,  called  Efurgnib^  whicli  thejr  gather 
on  the  Coaft  >  and  here  are  many  great  Rivers  of 
frcfh  Water,   which  together  with  Mountains  of 
Saow,  render  it  very  cSd,  yet  Wheat  and  Pulfe 
grows  pretty  kindly,  though  but  few  Fruit  Trees; 
and  here  the  Women  Labour  more  than  the  Men , 
and  if  fo  the  Man  (  who  is  allowed  two  or  three 
Wives)  dye,  the  Widows  will  not  be  induced  to 
Marry  again,  but  continue  in  their  fort  of  Mourn- 
ing, wt^ch  is  to  daub  (he  naked  parts  of  their  Bo- 
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dy  over  with  Coal-dufl,  for  in  fome  parts  of  I 
this  Trad  they  go  Naked,  both  Men  and  Wo.| 
men.  - 

VIRGINIA  is  a  Country  fomcwhat  more  pica- 
fant  than  what  we  have  defcribed  5  bounded  on 
the  North  with  Canadtt-j  on  the  South  with  Flori' 
dAs  ontheEaft  with  Mare  del  Noon  ^  and  on  the  I 
W^ft  with  the  Woods  of  the  Country,  the  end  of  | 
them  not  Difcovered,  and  is  a  Colony  of  the  En^* 
lifl)^  along  the  Sea  Coaft,  and  confiderably  up- 
land, fo  called  in  Honour  of  Queen  ElKabeth,  chad 
Virgin  C^ecn,  and  Glory  of  her  Sex,  by  Sir  Wal- 
ter Raleiih^  in  the  Year  1584.  though  by  tl^e  Na- 
tives called  Apalchen^  from  a  Town  of  that  Name, 
the  Sea-coafI  only  being  Pkafant,  for  as  much  as 
\yhat  lies  more  In-land,  is  full  of  barren  Mountains 
and  rough  Woods,  where  notwithftanding  the  Na- 
tires  Inhabit  in  poor  and  miferable  Houfes,  under 
fundry  Chiefs,  or  Petty  King?,  and  yet  frequently 
At  War  amongft  themfelves,  for  thofe  wretched 
Dwellings,  and  fometimes  make  Inroads,  and 
Plunder  Jthe  Englifh  Tcrriccrics,  killing  as  many  as 
fall  within  the  compafs  of  their  Power,  and  then 
Fly  to  their  Woods  and  Faftnefs,  where  they  knov^ 
they  cannot  without  great  hazard  and  danger  be 
conveniently  purfued* 

The  Country  properly  called  Virpnia  extends 
from  34  to  38  Degrees  of  North  Latitude,  and  is 
very  Temperate,  by  reafon  of  the  frequent  Brei^cs, 
and  refrefliing  Gales  of  Wind  that  allay  the  heat, 
fo  that  it  affords  abundance  of  Pleafant  Valleys, 
Spadous  Fields,  Fruit  Trees,  as  in  Engkndy  yield- 
ing a  greater  Increafe,  and  has  fundry  Veins  of 
Allom,  as  alfo  Pitch,  Turpentine,  Cedar,  and  0* 
live  Trees,  with  many  Pleafant.  Hills,  which  are 
Planted  as  Vineyards^  ftore  of  Fifh,  Fowl,  Cattle, 
and  above  all  fundry  large  Plantations  of  Tobacco, 
cfpecially  upon  James  and  Iqy\  Rivers,  and  have 

^  CQU: 


(  m  ) 

coiifiderable  Towns  and  Villages,  many  of  tJFitnl 
well  Fortified,  to  prevent  Incurfionof  the  Savages, 
whofe  Neighbouring  Petty  Princes,  the  Governour 
obliges  to  pay  Tribute,  and  to  fend  their  Slaves 
|if  any  outrage  be  committed  by  them  in  the  Terri- 
tories of  the  Engliff),  to  J^ames,  Charles,  or  any  o- 
3jer  Town,  appointed  to  be  Puniftied  according  to 
le  degree  of  the  Fa<fl*,  and  here  the  Natives  (fucli 
as  border  on  the  Plantation  )  are  much  Civilized, 
in  confideration  of  thofc  that  arc  more  remote, 
Trading  with  the  Englijhy  for  Furrs,  Skins,  and  In- 
dian Corn,  which  they  fet  witli  a  Stick,  as  we  do 
our  Beans,  which  is  the  work  and  buiinefs  of  their 
Wives,  as  foon  as  they  have  bouglit  them  of  their 
Parents,  and  Built  them  at  Houfe,  which  for  the 
moft  pare  is  of  Poles,  pleated  on  the  Sides  and  Tops 
Hurdle- wife  jand  if  Female  Children  be  Born,they 
as  foon  as  they  are  able,  go  into  the  Field  to  work 
with  their  Mother,  but  the  Male  goes  along  with 
his  Father  to  (hoot  in  the  Woods  j  and  fo  Lazy  are 
the  Men,  that  if  they  kill  any  confiderable  Game, 
they  leave  it  at  a  certain  remarkable  Tree,  and 
>vhen  they  come  home  fend  their  Wife  to  fetch  ir, 
who  dares  not  on  pain  of  Death  difoblige  her  HuP»  • 
band.     But  this  is  only  meant  of  the  Natives, 
for  the  Englifh  are  there,  as  here,  Governed  by 
wholfom  Laws,  and  live  for  the  moft  part  in  great 
Plenty. 

MAKTLAHD  lies  on  the  South  of  Virginia  in  the 
fame  Trad,  divided  from  it  only  by  fome  confider- 
able Rivers,  and  is  as  the  former  a  Tobacco  Planta- 
tion, abounding  likewife  with  Corn,  Cattle,  and 
confiderable  Gardens  and  Orchards  of  Fruit  Trees, 
Planted  by  the  Engli/fj,  As  for  the  Natives  Border- 
ing it,  they  differ  not  in  manner  and  quality  from 
the  former,  going  moftly  loofly  Arrayed  in  Beafts 
skins,  Feathers  c^mpaifled,  and  armed  with  Bows 


"If\ 


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(  ipo  ) 

KEIV  ENGLAND,    an  Evglifi  Colony   In   tliij 
Traft  is  bounded  on  die  Norcli-Eaft  with  Norumbi- 
gua^  on  the  Souchweft  with  Kovum  Belgium  y  and  on 
the  other  parts  by  the  Woods  and  Sea  coaft  ^  fci. 
tuatc  in  the  middle  of  the  Temperate  Zone,   be* 
iween  the  degrees  of  41  and  44,   equally  diftant 
from  the  Artick  Circle,  and  the  Tropick  of  Cance^^ 
which  renders  it  very  temperate  and  very  agreea- 
ble to  the  Conftitution  of  Englifl)  Bodies,  the  Soil 
being  alike  Fruitful,  if  not  in  fome  places  exceeding 
ours  •,  all  forts  of  Grain  and  Fruit  trees  common 
with  us  growing  kindly  there  :  The  Woods  there 
are  very  great,  wherem  for  the  mod  part  the  Na- 
tive Inaians  dwell    Fortefying  themfelvcs  as  in 
Towns  or  places  of  defence,  living  upon  Deer  and 
fuch  other  Creatures,  as  thole  vaft  WilderncOes 
whofe  extents  are  uiiknown  to  the  Engliff)  abound 
with :  there  are  in    this  Country  ftore  of  Ducks, 
Geefe,  Turkies,  Pigeons,  Cranes,  Svuans,  Partridges^ 
andalmOfV  all  fort  of  Fowl,  arid   Cattle,  commoi* 
to  us  in  Old  England  J  together  with  Furs,  Amber, 
Flax,  Pitdi,  Cables  Mart,  and  in  brief  whate* 
ver  may  conduce  to  profit  and  pleafure ;  the  Na* 
tivc  Indlms^m  thefe  parts  are  more  tradable,  if  well 
uled,  than  in  any  others  many  of  them  though  un* 
converted,  often  faying,  that  our  God  is  a  good  God, 
but  their  Tanto  evil  j  which  Tdnto  is  no  other  than 
the  Devil,  or  a  wicked  Spirit  that  haunts  them  e- 
vet^Mooft,  which  obliges  them  to  Worrtiip  him 
for  fear,  though  to  thofe  that  are  converted  to 
Cliriflianity  he  never  appears. 

This  Bngliflj  Colony  after  many  Attempts  and 
bad  Succeffes  was  firmly  Eilablifhed  1^20,  at  what 
time  New  Plymouth  was  Built  and  Fortified;  fo 
that  the  Jn^wn^  thereby  being  over-aw'd>  fuffered 
the  Planters  without  controul  to  Build  otherTowns, 
the  chief  of  which  arc  Briflol^  Boflon^  Barfla]>t^, 
and  otherSf  alluding  to  the  Names  of  Sea  Towns 


C   191   ) 

in  OU  England  ;  and  are  accommodated  with  m^- 
ny  curious  Havens  commodious  for  Shipping,  and 
thp  Country  watered  with  pleafant  Rivers  of  ex^ 
traordinary  largencfs^  Co  abounding  with  FiOi, 
that  they  are  not  taken  for  dainties :  The  Religion 
profefled  is  Presbyterial  j  and  for  a  long  time 
they  were  all  Governed  at  their  own  difpofe,  and 
Laws,  made  by  a  Convocation  of  Planters,  ^c. 
but  of  late  they  have  fubmitted  to  receive  a  Go- 
vernrr  from  EniUnd 

^WVM  BELGIVMy  6r  the  New  KetthcY-landsy 
lies  in  this  Trad  on  the  South  of  New  England^ 
extending  from  38  to  41  degrees  North  Latitude ; 
a  place ,  into  which  the  Hollanders  intruded 
themfclvcs ,  confiderable  Woody  5  which 
Woods  naturally  abound  with  Nuts  and  wild 
Grape§,  replcniined  with  De^r,  and  fuch  Crea- 
tures as  yield  them  (lore  of  Furrs^  as  the  Rivers 
and  Plains  do  Fifli  and  Fowl  \  ricli  Paflures^  and 
Trees  of  extraordinary  bignefs,  with  Flax,  Hemp, 
and  Herbage  s  the  ground  very  kindly  bearing  the 
Produft  of  Europe  *,  and  here  the  Natives,  fuch  as 
live  in  Hutts  and  Woods,  go  clad  in  BeaAs  Skinsj 
their  Houfhold  goods  confiuing  of  a  Wooden  difb, 
a  Tobacco  Pipe,  and  a  Hatchet  made  of  a  fharp 
Flint  Sronc,  their  Weapons  Bows  and  Arrows  \ 
though  the  D«^cA  unfairly  to  their  coil,  out  of  a 
coveto\is  Humor,  traded  with  them  for  Guns^ 
Swords,  ^c,  (hewing  the  ufe  of  them  which  the 
Indians  turning  upon  their  quondam  Owners,  found 
an  opportunity  to  fend  400  of  their  new  Guefts 
into  the  other  World  s  and  here  the  chief  Town 
is  iVew  Amfterdam^  commodioufly  Scimatc  for 
Trade,  and  the  Reception  of  Shipping. 

FLORIDA  is  a  large  part  of  the  Mexican 
Province,  bounded  on  the  North-Eaft  with  Virgi* 
tin  \  on  the  Eaft  with  Mare  Del  Noort ;  cti  the  South 
and  foixe  pare  of  tb€  Weft,  with  the  Golf  of  Mexi* 


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ico^  2nd  the  remaining  part  of  the  Weft  with  Ne^ 
France^  extending  from  2  $  to  34    degrees  North 
Latitude  v  and  firft  dtfcovered  to  auy  purpofe  un- 
der the  Condudof  Sebaftian  Cabot  an  Evglifl)  man^ 
1497,  and  nowmoftly  poifefled   by  the  Spaniards 
lb  named  from   the  many  Flourishing  Trees  and 
FlDwers  that  enammel  the  Country ,  the  Soil  be- 
ing naturally  fo  Rich)  that  a  long  Manuring  can- 
not impair  it's  rendering  ^o  fold  increafe  ,    To  that 
they  iiave  two  Crops  yearly  of  Maize  and  Corn  y 
and  here  flourifh  ftioft  forts  of  Fruits,  as  Grapes, 
Cherries,  Mulberries^  Chefnuts,  Plumbs,  ^c.  The 
Country  yielding  Cattle,  Fowl,   Fifh,    and  many 
Medicinal  Drugs  t,  likewife  Pearls,  Precious  Stones, 
and  fame  Mines  of  Gold  and  Silver,  though  not 
much  improved. 

The /wfl^ww  Inhabiting  thisTratfV,  ar^ofan  0- 
live  Colour,  great  Stature  and  well  proportioned 
going  moftly  naked,  unlefs  a  cover  made  for  their 
Privity  with  a  Stags  Skin,  painti»<g  their  Arms  and 
Legs  with  divers  Colours  not  to  be  wafhed  out  5 
their  Hair  is  Black,  hanging  down  to  an  extraor- 
dinary length,  cunning  and  much  defircus  of  reveng« 
ing  injuries  1  infomuch  that  they  are  contimaally 
at  War  amongft  themfelves  --,  the  Women  upon  the 
Death  of  their  Husbands,  cut  their  Hair  clofe  to 
the-ir  Ears,  and  Marry  not  again  ttlHt's  grown 
fufficiertly  long  to  cover  their  Shoulders  (a  very 
commendable  way  if  ufed' amongft  us,  to  prevent 
our  overhafty  Widdows,  who  are  frequently  pre- 
vided  before  hand*,)  they  have  amongft  them  ma- 
ny Hermaphrodites  which  they  hold  in  fuchdctefla- 
tion  that  they  are  marked  out  for  Slaves  as  loon 
as  Born  5  and  though  they  have  a  kind  of  a  GRm- 
hiermg  of  Immortarity,  yet  they  worfhip  Idols, 
reprefenring  the  Dtvil  -,  ^r^  when  Ferditiando  Sotto 
a  5jf)4W4r</,  went  about  to  perfwade  them  he  was 
fcnt  from*  God,  to  brrrig  them  roplaces  of  Joy  and 


(IP? ) 

iOelight^  they  at  that  time  Reflc(fting  upon  the 
Cruelties  of  that  Bloody  Nation,  told  him  they 
could  never  believe  it,  forafmuch  as  they  were  afi 
fured  that  God  was  good,  and  never  would  fend 
any  amongft  them  to  kill,  llay,  and  do  all  manner 
ofmifchief,  which  indeed  is  not  one  of  thcleafl 
caufes,  why  fo  man^r  ofthefe  poor  Wretches,  con*- 
ceiving  an  Averfation  to  the  Religion  for  the 
wickednefs  of  the  ProfefibrSv  remain  yet  in.  dark-  " 
nefs,  and  obftinately  (hut  their  Eyes  againft  the 
Marvelous  Light  that  fhould  guide  them  to  Salvati- 
on :  As  for  the  chief  Towns,  moftly  Inhabited  by 
the  Chiiftians  (for  the  Natives  here,  as  in  other 
parts,  live  in  Woods  and  fmall  Cottages)  they  arc 
St.  Helens^  fcituate  on  a  Promontory  of  that  Name  ^ 
Charles  Forty  upon  tiie  Bank  of  the  River  Maio  5 
Port  R.oyaly  a  Haven  on  the  Mouth  of  a  River  of  that 
Name  •,  Apalche^  formerly  a  Town  of  Forty  Cot- 
tages, taken  by jhe  Spaniards^  and  plundered  of 
great  ftore  of  Wealth  \  Ante^  Ocdiu  St.  Matthews^ 
St.  AuguftineSj  taken  by  Dr^ie  i$8$,  from  the 
Spaniard^  where  he  found  1 8  Brafs  Pieces  of  Can-  - 
non,  and  20000  Florens  in  ready  Money:  The 
Mountains  here  are  not  very  confiderable,  and  the 
Rivers  of  note  only  ii,  abound  with  Fifh,  where 
the  Crocodiles  haunt  not. 

CALIFORNIA  is  another  Countrey  of  the  3/^ac?- 
caman  Province  or  .  Divifion  of  the  Wcjl  India  Sy 
comprehending  a  vafl  Trad  of  Land,  by  fome 
branched  under  divers  Denominations  5  it  hath  on 
the  Eaft  fome  parts  of  Nova  Gallicia^  with  the  vafl 
urdifcovered  Coumreys  lying  on  the  Wed:  ©f  d- 
nada,  ^and  Virginia  on  the  oppcfite  Shear,  hounded 
on  the  North  with  the  unknown  par:s  of  the  Mcxz- 
canianProvincey  on  the  North  Weft  with  the 
Strcights  ofAniani,  on  the  Weft  with  the  Sea  inter** 
poilng  between  it  and  tlie  L^uind  called  Mer  Virr^ 
mi^hoi  on  the  South  and  South  Wdl  wuh  die  re/! 


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iy?H',Vit  Grf///C7.7,  divided  at  firft  into  the  Proviccc^ 
oi Qulvira  and  Cibola  j  the  former  of  thefe  taking 
up  the  mofl:  Northern  parts  of  rliis  fide  Amaica^ 
being  very  barrel,  in  che  extreamefl:  Norrh,    yield- 
ing (c\w  Hcufes,  Trees,  or  Herbage '-,    the  Natives 
Rude  and  Savage,  eating  Raw  FieHi  without  Chew- 
ing, Cloathingthemfelvesin  Bull  and  Cow  Hides, 
living  in  Hoords  and  Clanns,  like  che  Tartars^  and 
2re  thought  to  be  upon  the  rartarian  Continent jbut  the 
Mountains  of  Snow  and  Ice  interrupts  all  Communi- 
cation between  the  Nations;  but  more  Southward 
the  Coun^rey  appears  green  and  pleafant,  Flourilh- 
ing  with  Herbs  and  Trees,  breeding  ilore  of  Cattle, 
rot  much  ditiering  from  thofe  of  Furope ,     for  big^ 
mefs,  t!io  in  make  otherwife,  for  they  have  Bunches 
like  Camels  between  their  Shoulders,  and  Briflles, 
like  Logs  upoa  their  Backs,  their  Mains  like  t!«iat  of 
a  Horfe,  and  Beards  like  Goats^  having  fhort  Horns 
and  Legs,  infomuch  that  they  look  frightful  to  thofe 
that  fir  it  behold  them  '-,  but  in  thefe  the  Natives 
place  their  grtateil:  Riches,  making  them  ferve 
their  turns fundry  ways,  as  their  Hides  for  Cloaths 
and  the  Covering  Houfes  j  their  Bones  for  Bodkins 
and  Needles '-,  their  Hair  for  Thread,    their  Sinews 
for  Ropes  j  their  Horns,  Maws,   and  Bladders  for 
Veflels  to  drink  in  '-,  their  Blood  for  Drink  ;  and  the 
Calve-skins  for  Budgets  to   carry  Water  in  j    the 
people  generally  Roving  from  place  to  place,  and 
feldom  being  at  a  flay, 

CI^OLA^  the  fecond  Divifion  of  Califormia,  ly- 
i::jg  more  Southward,  is  pretty  Temperate,  fo  that 
the  NAtives  go  Naked,  unlefs  a  fhort  Mantle  of 
Bcafts'skjns  caft  over  t\mv  Shoulders^  and  a  Flap  to 
liide  their  Frnffiex  :  As  for  Frwr-rree/,  they  are 
rarely  found,  except  Cedars^  of  which  they  make 
their  Boats  and  FucU  y^t  they  have  Maize  and 
fmall  white  Peafe  growing  Naturally,  of  which  they 
make  their  Bread  j  fomc  quantity  of  Sheep  they 

have, 


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fe  taking 

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Jt  Chew- 
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tars^  and 
77/5but  rl  iC 
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Flourilh- 
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idBriflles, 
^e  tliiat  of 
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III  to  thofe 
e  Natives 
km  ferve 
Dr  Cloaths 
•  Bodkins 
dr  Sinews 
iddtrs  for 
:  j  and  the 
r  in*,    the 
lace,  and 

Irmia,  ly- 
tc,  fo  that 
Mantle  of 
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,  they  are 
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hecp  they 
have, 


(i9f  ) 

Rave,  and  as  for  Venifon,  though  they  have  AoreJ 
yet  they  rarely  eat  it,  but  rather  kill  it  for  the  Skins, 
and  fo  much  the  Woods  abound  with  Lyom,  BenrSy 
and  Tygers^  thzt  thofe  who  border  on  them  are 
continually  obliged  to  (land  upon  therr  Guard;  they 
are  very  Civil  to  Strangers  j  however,  the  Spani^ 
ards^  tho  they  entered  this  Comtrej^  witiidrcw  a- 
gain  their  Forces,  as  not  thinking  the  Comtrey  worth 
their  maintaining  J  as  for  Cities  or  Towns  there  • 
are  none  of  note. 

WVA  ALBION:,  fo  named  by  Sir  Francis  Dral^ 
Amo  I  $77.  is  another  part  found  in  this  Traft,  ly- 
ing about  38  degrees  North  Latitude,  which  ren- 
ders it  confiderably  Fruitful,  abounding  in  Cattle 
by  reafon  of  the  pleafant  Paftures  it  sffordf,  and 
(iich  ftore  of  Deer  and  Conies^  that  it  is  greatly  to  be 
admired  5  and  of  the  Skins  of  thefe,  thofe  of  mofl 
Dignity-make  them  Robes,  but  the  meaner  fort  go 
Naked,  except  the  Women,  who  have  only  an  A- 
pron  of  Bulrufhes  to  hide  their  Privities  j  and  here 
it  was  the  King  of  the  Countrey  offered  up  his 
Crown  of  Net-work,  and  Feathers,  to  Sir  Francis 
Drake,  who  received  it  on  the  behalf  of  the  Queen 
oi  England,  ereding  a  Pillar  and  fixing  her  Arms 
thereon,  as  a  mark  of  the  Coun treys  Subjedion  to 
her,  naming  it  thereupon  Hew  Albiorl 

NOVA  GALLIC JA,  fo  called  from  a  Province  of 
Spain  of  that  Name,   to  which  it^  is  likened  fo: 
Temperature  of  Air  and  Produdion,   is  bounc!ed 
on  the  Eaft  and  South  with  Sew  Spain  -,  on  the 
Weft  with  the  River  Buena  Guia'j  and  on  the  Weft 
with  the  Gulf  of  Crf/fform/.t^  fcituare  between  i3 
and  28  degrees  of  North  Latitude,  300  Leagues  ia 
Length  and  100  inBreadtbithcAiris  generally  very 
temperate,  but  rather  inclined  to  heat  rh^n  colc'^ 
and  tho  often  the   Inhabitants  are  difturbfrd  vvkii 
great  Storms  of  Thunder  and  Rain,  vet  H  I'.e  \ir 
very  healthy,  fo  that  no  Contagioui*  Wcdk  lu'V^ 

K  2  pcn£. 


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T)c«s  amongft  them,  and  when  thcj^  arc  deficient 
of  Rains,  the  Dews  refrefh  the  Earth,  and  the 
Countrey  withal  bcingMountainoHS^affordsQuarries  of 
6'tone  and  Mines  of  Lrafs  and  Silver,  but  none  of 
Iron  or  Gold  ,  andl  amongA  the  Metal  a  great  mix- 
'ture  of  Lead  happens^  however  the  Plains  won- 
derfully abound  with  Corn,  yield  Wheat  60  fold, 
and  Maize  200  fold  5  they  have  Bees  likewifc  with* 
jpur  ftings,  who  make  their  Honey  in  Treies  of  the 
"Woods  to  great  quantities  •,  ind  here  grow  Citrons* 
*Figgs,MalacotoGns,Cherrie£5  and  Olives  j  the  peo- 
ple wavering  and  inconflant^upon  the  leaft  difcon- 
tent  betaking  themfdves  to  the  Woods,  anddefert- 
ing  their  Houfes  \  their  Garments  being  for  the 
niofl  part  Cotton  Shirts,  with  a  Mantle  over  it, 
given  much  to  Singing  and  Dancing,  and  fomctimcs 
to  Drinking,  and  have  their  Tribes,  whofc  Heads 
Command  in  Chief,  and  fucceedHereditarilyi  yet 
thofe  Chiefs  Commanded  by  the  Spamflt  Officers, 
jinhabitiRg  thofe  parts;  and  in  this.  Trad,  are  the 
leffer  i^rovinces  of  Cinaloa^  Conliacani  Xalifc9yGua* 
dalajara^  Zdcatecas^  Hew  Bifcay^^  and  Nqw  MexU 
cana:  Allot  them,  as  to  the  Natfve&  and  Quality 
of  the  Countreys,  little  differing,  the  greater  part 
of  them  Commanded  in  Chief  by  the  Spaniards ,  to 
"Whomthe  Petty  Princes  and  Governours  of  the 
Natives  are  Subfervient  and  Tributary,  and  have 
for  their  Chief  Towns,  St.  Philip  and  J^acoby  Su 
John  de  Cinaloa^  Piflala^  Xalifco^  Hcmbre  dc  Dios^ 
plundered  ©r great  Treafurc  by  Sir  Francis  Drak, 
St.  Lewis^  St.  Barbara  and  Chiaj  every  one  the 
Chief  ot  a  Province,  and  hold  fomc  Trade,  thonoc 
confiderable,  the  Spaniards  not  defiring  to  have 
Corrmercewith  any  other  Nation,  nor  fuftcr  the 
Natives  t<^  do  it,  left  they  fhould  be  irxroached  up- 
on ;  for  they  hdd  the  poor  ignorant  people  in  hand, 
that  they  are  the  moft  powerful  Lords  of  all  £«ro/f, 
and  the  inviftciblePcopIeof  the  World. 

.  r~  HOVA 


('97)       . 

KOyA  nl^PANU,  or  New  Spain,  is  another 
large  Countrey,  in  the  Mexicanian  Province^  bound- 
ed on  the  Eaft  with  an  Arm  of  the  Sea,  called  the 
Bay  of  Nepif  Spain  and  G\xKo(  Mexico ;  on  the  South 
with  part  "of  Nova  Gallicia  and  Mare  del  Zur  \  on  the 
North  with  the  reft  oi Gallicia,  (omt  part  ofF/(?« 
vida  and  the  Gulf  on  the  South  of  Mare  delZur  5  or 
rather  the  South  Sea,  and  is  fo  called,  in  reference 
to Spainln  Europe,  extending  from  the  1 5th  degree 
of  Latitude  to  the  25th.  Meafuring  on  the  Eaft  fide 
from  the  Bay  o( Mexico  to  the  North  of  Fahuco,  buc 
fcfs  by  6  degrees,  if  the  Meafure  be  taken  to 
the  >Vefl  fide,  and  tho  it  is  fcituate  under  the  Tor* 
rid  Zone,  yet  the  Air  is  very  Temperate,  by  rea- 
fon  the  Heats  arf  altayed  by  the  Cooling  Briezes 
that  come  from  off  the  Seas  on  Three  fides  of  ir,and 
the  Ground  being  Cooled  by  the  Showers  that  fea- 
fonably  fall  in  fune,  July^  and  Augufl,  when  the 
Wcatner  is  at  the  liotteft  ,  and  here  are  found  Ricli 
Mines  of  Gold  and  Silver,  fome  of  Brafs  and  Iron, 
great  plenty  of  Coco  Nuts^  flore  of  Cajjia^  and  vaft 
quantities  of  Cocheneal  growing  upon  Shrubs  or  lit- 
tle Trees,  planted  by  the  Natives  w.id  Spaniards  9, 
they  have  likewife  fiore  of  Wheat,  Pulfe,  Barley, 
Plants,  Roots,  Oranges,  Lemons,  Pomcgranats. 
Malacotoons,  Figgs,  Apples,  Pears,  Grapes,  Birds 
andBcafls,  both  Wild  and  Tame,  almoft  of  all 
forts  i  and  in  the  hottefl:  part  of  this  Countrey, 
their  Seed  time  is  in  April,  and  their  Harveft  in 
Oifober  ;  but  in  colder  places,  lying  low  and  moifl, 
they  Sow  in  O^ober  and  Reap  in  May^  by  which 
croffing,  they  are  Supplied  with  Two  Harvefls  in  a 
Year. 

The  Natives  of  this  Tra<a  afc  more  Ingenious 
thin  any  other  of  the  Salvages,  giving  themfelves 
up  to  Curious  Arts,  efpccially  to  the  making  of 
Feather  Piftures,  which  they  perform  fo  lively 
wi^ouc  Dying  the  Feathers,  but  taking  themi^ 

Kg  tl)fic, 


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.    (  198  )  V 

♦heir natural  Colours,  that  diey  will  imitate  Men, 
Beads,  or  any  other  thing,  fo  lively,  that  at  a  very 
fmall  diftance,  any  one  not  knowing  the  contrary, 
would  verily  believe  them  to  be  drawn  by  the  mofl 
Curious  Mafter  with  a  Pencil,  ^c.  Working  in  Gold 
more  neat  and  desctrous  than  any  Europeans^  yet  fo 
Jittleefleemingit,  that  at  the  firft  coming  of  the 
Spaniards^  they  Barter'd  it  for  Knives,  Beads  Bells, 
dnd  fuch  inconfiderable  Matters,  and  not  having 
been  ufed  to  Ride  on Horfe-back,  they  took  their 
mew  come  Guefts  for  CentauYS\t\\cy  were  exceeding 
Populous,  which  appears  by  the  Spaniardf^  having 
deflroyedSix  millions  of  them  in  17  Years,  Roafl- 
ing  fome,  plucking  out  the  Eyes  of  others,  Con- 
fuming  them  in  their  Mine^,  and  Inhumanly  cart- 
ing them  amongft  Wild  Beads  to  be  devoured,  in* 
fomuch  that  the  Women,  many  of  them  not  only 
rcfufed  the  means  for  Generation,  but  fuch  as  found 
themfelves  pregnant,  deftroyed  their  Children  in 
the  Womb,  tliat  they  might  not  be  brought  up  to 
fcrve  fo  Bloody  a  Nation^        ^^^  • .    .  % 

In  the  great  Province  of  Hew  Spain^  are  found 
the  leffer  Provinces  of  Pamco,  Meebuacm,  Mexica- 
r\a^  Thafcala,  Guaxaca^  and  Jfucatariy  all  plentiful- 
ly abounding  with  the  pride  of  Art  and  Nature; 
the  whole  Province  taking  its  name  from  Mexm^  a 
great  City  upon  a  Lake,  a-,  likewife  all  that  I  have 
fiicherto  written  relating  to  this  New  Worlds  and 
becaufe  the  taking  of  this  City  proved  of  fuch  Im- 
portance to  the  Spaniard^  we  think  it  not  aiiiifs  ta 
give  a  brief  Relation  of  it,  i//r;.      *       -        ^ 

Hervando  CertT^y  born  in  Mideline  a  Town  of 
Ejlremddure-,  a  Province  of  Old  Spaitiy  rifingfrom 
an  obfcure  Birth  to  become  a  private  Adventurer 
in  thefe  parts,  raifed  by  Induftry  his  Fortune  to  fo 
high  a  pitch,  that  with  the  help  of  his  Friends,  he 
Manned  Eleven  Ships,  with  $$0  Men,  and  afcer 
foaie  (Contending  with  the  Seas,  arrived,  at  the  I- 

•         fl^nd 


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ng  of  the 
'ads  Bells, 
lot  having 
took  their 
exceeding 
^'>  having 
ars,  Roafl- 
lers,  Con- 
laojy  caft. 
>"red,   in* 
^  not  only 
'has  found 
hildren  in 
'ght  up  to 

3re  found 
y  Mexican 
plentiful- 
Nature  ; 
^extc9y  a 

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orld^  and 
fuch  Im- 
amifs  ta 

rown  of 
^ngfrom 
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id  afcer 
the  I- 

il^nd  . 


(  199  / 

fland  now  called  5'^«^/iCr«a:,  and  pafTing  up  the* 
KvfCT  Tabafco^  facked  Potonchon  a  fmall  Town  on 
the  Banks  of  it,  upon  the  Inh^bitanrs  refufing  to 
fell  him  Viduals,  and  by  the  help  of  his  Horfe  and 
Cannon,  put  to  the  Roue  an  Army  of  40000  of  the 
Salvages,  and  fo  receiving  the  King  a  Vaflal  to  the 
Crown  of  Spain^  he  pafled  onwards  towards  the 
Golden  Mines,  Landing  at  St.  John  dc  Vlh,  where 
he  wasmetby  orderof  the  Governour  ofthe  King 
o^Mexkoy  with  rich  prefents  of  Gold  and  other  rich 
Things,  which  fo  inflamed  him,  that  forgetting  the 
Civility,  he  found  means  to  pick  a  quarrel  with 
the  King,  by  building  Forts  in  the  Countrey,  and 
claiming  it  for  CW/t?i'  the  Fifth,  King  of  Spain  and 
EmpcrouT  of  Germany^  ?.nd  getting  the  Flajlaltans 
on  his  parr,  a  party  of  the  Natives  who  were  at  va- 
riance with  the  King  of  ^'Wea:z((?,  and  increafing,  his 
Spaniards  h'^iwch^i  he  found  in  the  Countrey,  to 
900  Foot  and  80  Horfe,  he  wich  the  wliole  Force 
of  the  Flafcalians^  being  looooc  Men,  and  the  help 
of  17  Pieces  of  Cannon,  13  Galliots,  and  6cco  Cu- 
noa's  or  Boats,  befieged  that  great  City  by  Land 
and  Water,  and  in  12  Months  too'x,  facked, 
and  burtttit,  by  which  means  this  Rich  Kin'  tm 
(cU  to  the  Spaniards.  '         •        '  -a. 

GVAtlMALIA  is  another  large  Tra6t  in  the  Mex^ 
kanian  Province,  bounded  on  the  Nordi  wicli  /«- 
cntan  and  the  Gulf  of  Honduras  *,  on  the  South  wicFi 
Mare  del  Zur  5  on  the  Eaft  or  South  Eaft  wich  C^- 
ftda  Aurea'-,  and  on  the  Weft  with  Ne\v  Spain  j  ex- 
tended 3  00  Leagues  upon  the  Coaft  of  Mare  del 
Zur^  but  upon  ftraight  meafure  not  above  240, 
and  in  breadth  about  180  Leagues,  comprehend- 
ing the  lefTer  Provinces  of  Chiapa,  Verapax,-.Gmtu 
mala^  properly  fo  called,  and  from  whicii  t)ie 
whole  Tra<a  takes  its  Na  e  *,  Nondwa,  Nicaragua^ 
Veragua  s  '^and  lias  for  jrs  Chief  Towns  Cnida  Reat^ 
Sc.  Jn^u-lineSy  St.  Salvador,   St.  Ja^o  dc  GuAtimala-^ 


1 


'i! 


■    ^     •       X  200  )  • 

Sr.  Maria  de  Cemya^enay  Leon  de  Kicaraguay  and 
La  Tmidada  ,  with  divers  others  of  leffcr 
Note. 

This  part  oi  Mexicana^  byrcafon  ofitsncarnefs 
of  Scituation  to  the  Line,  is  Fruitful  in  all  parts, 
unlcfs  wlicre  the  Rocky  Hiils  thrufl  up  their  heads  a- 
bounding  <vith  Fruit,  Trees,  Corn,  Cattle,  Foul, 
Fifh,  and  Mines  of  Gold,  Silver,  andBrafs  ^  and  in 
the  Rivers,  which  are  confiderable,  much  Gold 
is  found,  as  wafhed  from  the  Mountains,  and 
here  the  Natives  bear  the  Spanifh  Yoke  more  un^^ 
cafily  than  in  other  partSt 


il 


A  Defcription  of  the  Peruanian 
Province^  or  the  Second  De^ 
'z^ifwn  of  AmtYicdL. 


■■'■'^llt^  ii 


I'l'l 


His  great  Province,  divided  into  many 
lefSr,  refeinbles  a  Pyramid  Rcverfe 
more  properly  fo  than  i^/yfci^,  joyned 
to  thatwe  have  mentioned  by  thelfih- 
nfuis  or  Srrcights  of  Darien^  deriving  its  Name 
from  Fern  the  Chief  Province  of  the  whole,  which 
flands  thus  divided,  as  far  as  is  hitherto  Inhabited 
by  the  Spaniards  or  other  Eurdpeans,  lii^,  Cafida 
Jurert^  the  new  Realm  of  Granada^  Peru^  chiely 
Para^nay^  Brafil,  Guyana^  and  P/irw,  not  account- 
ing the  Iflands,  which  are  referved  for  another 
place  \  and  as  for  the  hbundards  in  gekieral,  having 
already  defcribed  them  5  we  now  proceed  tode- 
fcribe  tlie  particular  ProvincjCg,  and  of  them  in  their 
order,  i;in        ""  }'  '  "    ■  * 


/■  'y 


CASTELA  DEL  ORE,  ox^afteU  Auyea, ishomU 
ed  on  the  Weft  with  Afare  del  Zkt  and  fomc  part  o"" 
Vbgima  ;    on  the  South  with  the  New  Realm  of 
Granada  i   on  the  Eaft  and  North  with  Mare  del 
Noon,  okllcdCaflile,  in  reference  to  that  in  Spain  ^ 
as  being,  difcovcred    by  the   Influence  of  thofo 
Kings,  and  ^«rM  added,    by  rcafon  of  the  abun- 
dance of  Gold  found  there,  and  contains  Pani^ 
ma,  Darien,   Novay    Andalusia,  St.  Mnrthay    an^i 
the  Provinces  De  La  Hacha,  the  Air  in  qioft  parrs 
is  very  Healthful,  efpccially  to  thoft  that  have  been 
there  for  any  confiderable  time,or  born  there  ^howe- 
ver the  In-landCountrey  is  thinly  peopled,  by  re^fon 
the  Spaniards  apon  their  firft  fctcling  there,  deftroy-! 
cd  in  a  mantier  the  whole  Race  of  the  Natives,  whofc 
Afl&ftatice  n6W  they  want  to  Manure  the  Soil ;  there 
were  likewifc  found  at  their  firft  Coming,  an  extras 
ordinary  number  ofSwine,  which  they  alfodeftroy^ 
ed  and  fuffered  to  rot  upon  the  grouYid  in  fuch  multi*  . 
tudes,   that  now,  tho  they  would  fain  retrieve  thac 
lofs,  it  is  not  in  their  power  j   however  the  Earth 
brings  forth  a  confiderabk  Encreafe,    where  the 
Fields  and  Valleys  are  found,  tho  the  Countrey  a« 
bounds  with  barren  Mountains  and  Woods,    fo  thac 
in  this  Province,  befidei  the  Mines  of  Gold  and 
Silver  that  are  found,  enriching  the  people  with 
great  Treafure  *,  they  have  Corn,  Wine,  Oyl,  Mel- 
Ions,   Balfom,  fundry  forts  of  Drugs  and  Trees  otf 
fundry  kinds,  producing  Fruits  different  from  whac 
are  found  in  Europe  -^  and  in  the  Province  of  Andalu'^ 
Tja,  the  Spaniards  upon  their  Arrival,  greedy  oL 
Gold,  found  in  the  Graves  of  the  Dead,  which  were 
brouglit  from  all  parts  to  be  buried  there  ,  as  held 
to  be  the  moft  Sacred  ground,  fo  much  Treafure,  , 
that  for  a  rime  they  too'<:no  care  to  dig  it  out  of  the 
Mountains :    As  for  the    People  Inhabiting  this  , 
Traa,  they  are  moflly  Spaniards,  thofe  few  Natives  , 
that  »ire  left,  being  in  a  manner  their  Slaves:   The  : 

K  5  '      -    Qo\m^ 


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'(  102  ) 

Coiintrey  is  full  of  grcac  Rivers,  a^  Riode  Ligarm^ 
the  River  of  Croco^Z/fj  5  Sardimla^  Sardim^  Kh 
de  ComagreSy  Rio  de  Colubrosy  and  others,  being  in 
many  places  overfpread  by  the  Spurs  of  the  great 
Mountain  Andesy  held  to  be  as  big  as  any  in  the 
World- 

The  ChicfTowRs  in  this  Province  are  Panamd^Da* 
rieriy  on  the  bank  of  the  Gulf  of  Vmbra  ^  Carthagh 
r.dy  fcituate  in  a  Sandy  Peninfula,  and  confining  of 
5c©  Houfes  i  St.  Martha  fcituate  on  the  fboars  of 
the  Ocean  ^  X.^^/?c/j,  fcituate  upon  a  River  of  t'lat 
rame;  all  of  them  under  the  Power  of  the  Spaniards  ^ 
governed  according  to  the  Laws  ofSpam^  to  which 
the  Natives  are  obliged  tofubmit. 

NOP'A  GRAHADA,  or  the  New  Realm  of  Gra- 
raday  lies  on  the  North  of  Caftela  Aurea^  being  a- 
bout  I  :$o  Leagues  in  Length,  and  not  much  lefs  in 
Breadth,  and  is  divided  into  Gr^n^^^  and  Po/?^;^- 
tia ;  the  Air  for  the  mofl  part  well,  with  a  mixture 
of  Heat  and  Cold,  but  more  of  the  former  ,  neither 
differ  the  days  any  thing  confiderably  in  length  •, 
tlie  Countrey  extreamly  Woody,  and  fomewhat 
Mountainous,  yet  ftored  with  Fertile  Plains,  and 
breeds  a  number  of  Cattle,  affording  Veins  of  Gold 
and  other  Mettals,  andin  apart  ofic  called  r«ww, 
are  found  Emeralds  of  great  value :  The  Natives 
that  are  yet  remaining,  go  very  decent,  and  are  by 
their  Converfation  with  the  Spaniards  (amongfl 
whom  they  live  in  Cmall  Towns)  much  Civiliz'd  j 
the  Women  being  more  White  and  €omly  than  in 
any  other  part,  very  Induflrious,  Tall,  and  well 
Proportioned,  mofl  of  them  embracing  the  Roman 
Catholicl^Religipn,  mucli  delighting  in  Singing  and 
Dancing  ^  and  as  for  the  Chief  Towns  in  this  Pro- 
vince,arethcy  Sr.Fqy  an  Arch-bifhops  See  *,  St.  M- 
chael  a  Market  Town,  well  Traded  to  v  Trinidado 
feared  en  the  River  of  that  name  *,  whofe  Fields  are 
full  of  Vines  of  Chryftaij  Err.eralds,  ^^damcnts,  and 

Ca!* 


(    20J    ) 

Clialcedons ;  Tuma^  Pampelonia,  Fapayan,  the  u'li- 
alRcfideHce  of  a  Govcrnour,  and  a  iJilhops  S?c: 
Antiochia,  Carthage^  Sebaftian  de  la  Plata,  (o  called 
from  the  Silver  Mines  in  its  Ncighbourliood,  vvicli 
fome  others  of  Icfs  note ;  As  for  the  Kiveri  and 
Mountains,  moft  of  them  want  names,  wiicrcfore 
for  brevities  fake,  we  pafs  over  any  tedious  Enqui- 
ry into  them. 

As  for  this  Province,    it  had  its  Name  given 
by  Gmfalvo  Ximenes  de  Qiiefuda^   in  reference  to ' 
Granada  in  Spain^  who  having  Murt'iered  (contra- 
ry to  Faich  given)  Sangipa  the  laft  King  of  Bagota^. 
whom  he  had  made  ufe  of  in  fubduing  the  Punches^ 
he  fcized  his  Treafure,  which  amounted  to  191294L- 
FcT^pes  of  fine  Gold,  95000  of  courfer  Allay,   and 
1800  large  Emeralds^  by  which  the  Riches  of  the- 
l^rovince  may  be  gaeffed. 

FiE/lZ^  l)^ing  South  of  the  former  Province,  js 
accounted  in  Length  700  Leagues,  but  difproporti- 
onal  in  Breadth,  as  not  exceeding  in  fome  places 
60  and  40  Leagues,  tho  in  others  loo,  and  is  di- 
vided into  three  parts,  but  fo  differing  in  nature 
and  quality,  as  if  they  wcie  at  a  larger  diftance. 
from  each  other,  being  called  the  Plains,  the  Hill 
Gountreys  and  the  Andes  j  the  firft  extending  en 
theSealnore,  in  all  places  level,  without  Hills  j; 
thefccond  compofedofHills  and  Plains,  f^recching. 
out  from  North  ro  South  v  the  whole  Length  of  the 
Province  j  and  the  third  a  continual  Ridg  of  huge 
Mountains  without  any  Valleys  ;  however,  tho  the 
Mountains  and  Hills  are  Woody,  or  otherwiys 
Barren,  by  reafon  of  their  Minerals,  jet  the  Plains 
and  Valleys  produce  ftore  of  Corn,  Fruit,  ani 
Herbage,  Floiirifhing  with  an  Eternal  Spring,  the 
Southerly  Wind  continually  blowing  01  them, 
brmgiiig  no  Rain,  though  on  the  Mountain:^  all 
manner  of  Winds  have  power,  and  bring  Rain, 
Thunder,  and  Fair  Weather  by  turns,  as  in  otlier 

Coun;f 


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CountricSjand  to  fupply  the  want  of  Gattlc^thcy  have 
in  the  Woods  and  Mountainf ,  a  Bead  like  a  Goac 
called  Vicagkcsy  and  a  kind  of  Sheep  as  big  as  young 
Bullocks  J  bearing  large  Fleeces,  which  they  ufe  as 
Horfes,  to  carry  their  burthens  9  but  if  at  any  time 
they  find  themfclves  over-lad^n^  neither  force  nor 
fair  means  can  oblige  them  to  more  forward,  be- 
fore they  are  illeviatcd,  living  upon  (lender  dice, 
and  will  fometimes  Journy  three  days  without  Wa- 
ter j  and  amongfl  Plants,  the  Fig-Tree  in   this 
Country  has   a  ftrange  efteft,  ^i^,    the  North 
part  looking  towards  the  Mountains,  bringeth  forth 
Fruit  in  theSummer  only,andtheSouth  part  looking 
towards  the  Sea  in  the  Winter,and  in  tnis  Trovince 
grow  Coco's  in  great  plenty,  whofe  Leaves  drycd 
in  liccle  Pellets,  fatisfie  Hunger  and  Third ,  and 
are  a  great  part  of  the  dht  the  Spaniards  afford 
their  poor  Slaves  in  the  Mines  ,  fo  that  it  is  faid 
I  oocco  Baskets  full  of  them  have  been  devoured 
in  a  year  at  the  Mines  of  Petefja  •,  and  a  plane 
they  have,  by  which  they  try  fick  Perfons,  whe- 
ther they  will  live  or  dye,  for  if  the  Patient  look 
chearful  when  it  is  faA  grafped  in  his  hand,  then 
is  it  a  fign  of  Recovery,  but  if  fad,  the  contrary : 
and  have  Beads  called  z  Huana^iCs^  the  Males  of 
which  ftandCentinals  upon  the  Mountains,  whileft 
ithc  Females  defcend  and  feed  in  the  Valleys  5  and 
if  they  perceive  any  man  approaching  them,  they 
give  warning,  by  making  a   terrible  noife  j   and 
haAily  running  to  their  afliftance,  interpofe  their 
Bodies   till  they  make  their  retreat',  and    many 
other  things^  arc  found  worthy  of  note  \  and  the 
whole  Province  is  divided  properly  into  three  ]\\xu 
cHcal  Reforts,  viT.    QtiitQ^  Lima    and  Charcas^ 
thefe  having  under  them  other  Divifions  of  Icffcr 
iicce  ,  €5  L4S-fiitixos^  Qufco^  Qllao^  See.     .' : 


Al 


(    20?    ) 

As  for  the  People  they  were  not  fo  ignorant, 
upon  the  firfl  Arrival  of  the  Spaniards^  of  Letters, 
whcrcb^f  they  might  acquaint  thtmfcives  with  o- 
ther  parts  of  the  World,    but  that  they  labour  to 
keep  them  fo  dill,  that  they  through  Ignorance 
may  the  better  brook  their  Yoak  9  however  they 
are  couragious  and  induArious^  fearlefs  of  Death  , 
animated  to  contemn  Life  in  hopes  in  the  other 
World  to  live  in  Luxury  and  Riot,  and  injoy  deli* 
cate  Women  ;  fo  that  when  any  of  their  Chiefs  or 
petty  Princes  die,  fome  of  his  Servants  willingly 
fubmit  to  be  Buried  with  him,  that  they  may  waic 
upon  him  afterward  -,  fome  of  them  dwelling  in 
the  moil  Mountainous  oarts,  go  half  naked  -,  but 
the  reft  have  long  Mantles  reaching  to  their  heels, 
though  in  drcffing  their  Heads  they  differ,  cacli 
having  a  peculiar  Fafhion ;    And  to  guefs  at  the 
Riches  of  this  Country  by  fome  part  of  ic,  'tis 
affirmed,  that  the  Mines  of  PetoT^i',  difcovered  in 
the  year  i  $45.    afforded  for  the  Kings  Fifth*8  pay- 
able to  his.  Exchequer   1 1 1  Millions  of  Pczoes  of 
Silver,  every  one  valued  at  ^  /.  6  d.  of  our  money, 
and  yet  a  third  part  of  the  whole  was  difcharged 
of  that  payment  •,  and  in  fome  parts  a«  much  Gold 
is  digged  as  Earth,  ^c.  As  for  the  Rivers  of  moft 
note,  they  are  Sr.  Jago^  TomheZjt  Guagaquil^   and 
others  of  lelfer  note.    The  Towns  are  principally 
Caranguesy  Peru^  Cufco^  Andreo^  Truxilo,  Archld')na^ 
Bacxity  Litna^  Collaoy  PotoTJy  Pi^tUy  Chiquitay  with 
others  ,  but  to  draw  to  a  conclufion  of  this  rich 
Province,  we  need  only  fay  for  a  further  Demem- 
bration!, that  when  Atabalaba  was  overcome  by 
PiTiarro  and  his  SpaniardSy  he  gave  (befides  what 
infinite  Sums  the  Spaniards  had  plundered  before) 
for  his  Ranfom,  a  large  Room  full  of  Gold  piled  up 
to  the  Ceiling  5  yet  this  prevailed  not  with  thofc 
'  Unchriftian  like  Chriftians,  for  falling  out  about 

the.  ftadng,  mA  willing  tp  coaccai  it  .from  the 
u.. ^g 


m 


( 206)  ■ 

Krng  0^ Spain',  they  notwithftanding  contrary  ta 
their  Oaths  and  promifes,  Strangled  that  poor 
Peruanian  Prince,  the  Jaft  of  the  Race  of  the  Inga^s^ 
or  Emperors  of  Peru  •,  for  which  violation  and 
perfidy,  God  was  not  (low  in  punifliing  them  all 
t'latwere  concerned  in  it,  dying  a  miferabic  and 
untimely  death ;  And  in  this  Kings  PallaceatCw/co, 
all  his  Utenfils  were  of  Gold  and  Silver,  even  to 
his  Kitchen  Furniture,  and  in  his  Ward-robe  were 
found  Statues  of  Giants,  the  Figures  of  Beafts, 
Fifh,  Birds,  Plants,  ^c.  in  their  proper  fliape 
andlargenefsofthe  fame  Mettal  5  and  thus  much 
for  Per«,  (fy'c,  vvhofe  Gold  proved  the  ruin  of  tlx 
Natives,  and  the  Impoverifhment  o( Old  Spain. 

CHILE,  is  on  the  North  bounded  with  the 
Defarc  of  Alacama  Interpofing  between  it  and 
Peru  J  on  the  Weft  with  Mare  del  Zurs  on  the 
South  with  the  Magellan  Streights  5  and  on  the 
Eaft  as  far  as  Kio  dela  Plata,  with  the  main  At- 
lanticl^  Ocean,  Scituate  in  the  temperate  Zone, 
beyond  the  Tropick  of  Capricorn  •,  if  we  reckoned 
to  It  fome  other  Countries  bordering  on  the  At  Ian* 
ticl^^  not  yet  fully  difcovered  called  Chile  or  Chil 
from  the  extream  cold  it  indures,  when  the  Sun  is 
in  our  Summer  Solflice,  that  it  is  reported  Horfcs 
and  Riders  in  the  extream  parts  are  often  Frozen 
to  deatli,  or  loft  in  the  Snows,  which  extreams  on 
thijLi^de,*  and  beyond  the  Equinoftial  demonftrates 
the  Continent  of  America  to  be  larger  than  .4/?^ ; 
tiie  Soil  of  this  Traft  in  the  mid-land  parts  is 
Mountainous  and  unfruitful,  but  towards  the  Se^r- 
iide,  level  and  full  of  Trees  abounding  with  Gold 
Silver,  Honey ,  Cattle,  Wine,  Maize,  Corn,  (fyc. 
The  Natives  are  of  a  Gigantick  Stature,  but  very 
civil,  if  not  too  much  provoked  j  cloathing  them- 
fclves  with  Skins  of  Beafts,  and  Arming  with 
Bows  and  Arrows  *,  ftiaggy  Haired,  and     whiter 

of  Complexigu  than  any  we  h^yc  yci;  fpokcnof 

in. 


..  ■ «.. 


in'the  Peruanan  Provincfs  \   ?nd  th^  Countrcy  it 
Watered  with  the  Rivers  of -Rio  de  Copayapo^  Rio  de 
Coquimboy   La  ligna^  Canten,   Cacapool^  Topocalmay 
and  fome  others  of  Icflcr  note,   efpccially  onc^ 
though  we  find  not  the  name,  which  falls  into  the 
Sea  with  a  violent  Torrent  all  day,   but  in  the  night 
its  Channel  is  dry,  and  the  reafon  is,  it  has  its  Wa- 
ters from  the  melted  Snow  falling  from  the  Moun- 
tains, which  ceafe  when  the  Sun  is  gone  down  :  The 
Towns  of  note  in  Chile  and  Maiellanica  ,  for  into 
thefe  twa parts  is  the  Province  divided,  are  St.  Jar 
go  the  Chief,  tho  not  above  80  Houfes  in  it,  i)e^ 
caife  it  is  the  P^fidence  of  the   Governour  and 
Court  of  Judicature.    Serena  on  the  Sea-fhoar, .  ha- 
ving in  It  about  200  Houfes,  and  near  it  many 
Min!S  of  Gold  Conception..    Delos  Confines,  Imperii ^ 
(iU  and  fome  few  more  in  the  part  called  Chikj  but 
in  Magellanica^  we  find  nothing  but  Capes  and  Ri- 
vers  Inhabited,  a  Savage  and  Barbarous  People  af* 
Aided  with  (harp  Winds,  and  the  Mountains  con- 
tinually covered  with  Snow,  wherefore  as  a  Coun*- 
trey  not  fit  for  Commerce,  we  leavcjit  and  proceed 
to  Brafil. 

BRASILis  a  large  Trad,  reaching  from  29  to  50 
decrees  South  Latitude,  1500  n^i'es  in  Length,  and 
500  in  Breadth,  bounded  on  the  Eaft  with  Mare 
del  Noon  or  the  Main  Atlantickji  on  the  Weft  with 
unoifcovered  CountreySjOn  the  North  with  G^tia, 
and  on  the  South  with  Paraguay'  or  the  Province  of 
Rio  de  la  Plat  a,  and  is  a  great  part  of  it  poflefled  by 
the  Fortugals  and  Dutch  :  The  Countrcy  intermixed 
with  Rivers,  Mountains,  Woods,  and  pleafant 
Plains  j  the  Air  wholfome,  by  reafon  of  the  purg- 
ing Winds  which  rife  from  the  Southern  Coaft,  c- 
very  day  about  Ten  in  the  Morning  \  the  Counrrey 
yielding  great  ftore  of  Sugar  Canes,  which  is 
brought  to  perfe^ion  by  the  working  of  manyThou- 
fiiads  of  Slaves,  fo  that  the  Fart^ds  brought  thence 
■'       — "  ■       ^'  "^   ""'  •    m 


(  2o8  ). 

in  few  Years  i  $0000  Arobes  of  thit  Commodity, 
each -<4r^^  containing  2$  Bufhels  of  our  Meafure; 
and  here  it  is  the  Br  aft  I  WoodgrovfSy  whereof  there 
are  Trees  of  fuch  bignefs,  that  when  the  Rivers  o. 
verflow  ,  as  frequently  they  do  in  the  level  Coun- 
trey,  the  Inhabitants  dwell  in  the  Branches  of 
them,  like  Birds  in  their  Nefts,  till  the  Waters 
abate. 

The  People  in  this  Tra(5l  neareft  the  Line,  are  of 
a  reafonable  Underftanding  ,  wearing  Apparel, 
but  further  off  they  are  Barbarous,  both  Men  and 
Women  going  ftark  naked,  gladly  eating  Humane 
Flefli,  infomuch  that  when  they  can  privately  catcli 
any  of  the  Chriftians,  they  Roaft  them,  and  invite 
all  their  Friends,  fcafting  on  the  Flefh,  with  great 
Merriment',  and  here  the  Women  are  wonderful 
quick,  and  cafie  at  Child-bearing,  wever  lying  by  it, 
but  in  two  or  three  days  feem  as  well  as  ever ;  Bcafls 
are  found  in  this  Traft  of  ftrange  forms  5  one  witli 
the  head  of  an  Ape,  the  Body  of  a  Man,  and  the 
feet  and  paws  of  a  Lyon  5  a  Plant  they  have  called 
Copiba^  chcbackofwhich  being  flit,  affords  a  preci- 
ous Balm,  which  is  fo  well  known  by  the  Beads  of 
the  Forrefts,  that  when  tlicy  have  taken  in  any 
Poifon,  or  are  bit.  by  Serpents  or  other  Venemous 
Creatures,  they  fly  to  it  for  fuccour,  as  to  a  Sandu* 
ary  for  Life,  and  by  fucking  in  the  Antidote,  find  a 
fpcedy  Cure :  An  Herb  they  have,  that  being  rough- 
ly touched,  as  in  Modefty.  fhrinketh  in  its  branch- 
ing Leaves,  and  opens  cliem  not  till  the  party  who 
offends  is  gone  out  of  fight.  The  People  in  this  Tra^, 
both  Men  and  Women,  ar(^  good  Swimmers,  and 
fo^ifed  to  Diving,  that  they  will  remain  under  Wa- 
ter an  hour  without  refpiration,  ^d  many  of  them 
are  fo  over-grown  with  Hair,  that  they  feem  rather 
BeaftsthanMen^  the  Divifions  of  Br/i/// are  St. 
Vincent^  Rh  de  Jfaneiroy  D el  Spirit u  Santo ^  Porto  Se- 
^Oj  Desllhc9fi  Todas  Los  SantoSyfaragHftyi  Rio 


(209) 

delaPlat^t  TucAm&n^  St.  Crux  de  Siera^  a  Province 
full  of  Palm  Trees ;  Fernambucl^  rich  in  Tobacca 
and  Sugar  5  Tamaraca^  Paraibay  Ria^grande^  Siara^ 
Maragnon^  and  PAra^  being  termed  Captainflnps  or 
PrAfeHureSy  poflcfied  by  the  Portugais^  Spaniards^ 
French,  Dutch  and  other  Nations,  who  in  fomc 
places  live  proraifcuoufly  with  the  Natives,  and  in 
others,  fome  coming  in  fearch  of  Adventures,  o- 
thers  driven  by  Diftrefs,  as  beings  not  fuffered  to 
live  quietly  at  home '-,  infomuch  that  tho  the  Bra* 
filians  had  but  few  Houfes  and  fev  ^r  Towns,  yec 
now  the  encreafe  of  them  has  rendered  it  in  many 
partsaplearant;Coantrey,  the  Plains  enriched  like 
thofe  ck  Egypt^  by  the  overflowing  of  the  Rivers, 
which  are  exceeding  large, 

GVIANA  is  another  Trad  of  this  Peruanian  Con- 
tinent, bounded  on  the  Eaft  with  the  Main  Atlan" 
tick  Ocean  \  and  on  the  Weft  with  the  Mountains  of 
TerUy  or  an  undifcovered  Countrey  interpofing^  bc« 
tween  them,  on  the  North  with  the*Riv<r, 
Orenoque  y  and  on  the  South,  as  Ibmc  will  have  ic 
with  the  Amaxpns  \  tho  indeed  we  find  no  fuch 
Countrey ;  however  it  is  undifcovered,  and  there- 
fore Travellers  have  liberty  to  name  it  as  tl^y 
pleafe. 

T\i<yGmana\&  fcituate  on  both  fides  the  Line, ex- 
tending from  the  Fourth  degree  of  Southern  to  the 
Eighth  degree  of  Northern  Latitude^  notwithftand- 
ingby  reaion  of  the  freih  Winds  and  cool  Air  that 
comes  off  the  Sea  and  Rivers,  it  is  indiftercntly 
Temperate*,  towards  the  Sea  fide  it  is  level,  but  the 
Inland  fwelled  with  rifing  Hills,  and  the  Trees  and 
Fields  wearing  a  lafting  green,  as  knowing  no  Win- 
ter, there  being  always  ripe  and  green  Fruits  and 
Bloflbmsatthc  fame  time ;  fo  that  it  may  be  com- 
pared for  pleafantncfs,  with  any  we  hare  yet  named 
inthisTraft. 

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The  People  (Natives  o( Guiana)  Ii a ve  no  fettled 
Government,  yet  reduce  rhemfelves  into  Tribes, 
under  feveral  Heads  or  Chiefs,  though  this  is  lefc 
to  their  own  difcretion,  and  every  one  may  fepa- 
rate  when  he  pleafes,  and  all  the  punifhnient  they 
have  for  Offenders,  is  only  in  cafe  of  Adultery  and 
Murther,  for,  which  when  proved,  the  Criminal 
makes  an  Expiation  with  his  Life  *,  the  poorer  Con 
are  allowed  but  one  Wife,  and  the  rich  two  or 
three;  not  owning  any  God,  but  either  not  re- 
garding from  whence  they  had  their  being,  and  are 
by  Power  fuflained,  or  Atheiflically  afcribing  all  to 
Fate  and  Chance;  As  for  their  Accompts  they 
keep  them  in  bundles  of  Sticks,  which  they  m- 
creafe  or  diminifli  according  as  the  Debt  or  Bufi- 
nefs  grows  more  or  lefs  j  and  at  their  Funerals  the 
Women  Iiowl  extreamly,  whilft  the  Men  on  the 
contrary  are  Singing  and  Feaft ing. 

This  Country  is  divided  into  the  Provinces  of 
Rio-de'Laff  Amdzons^  Wiapoco^  or  Guiana^  proper- 
ly fo  called, (9re«^^«e,  Trinidado^  and  Tobago-,  and 
are  full  of  great  Rivers  ftored  abundantly  with  Filh, 
and  wild  Fowl,  but  moft  of  all  they  refrefli  the 
Countries  with  the  Dews  that  arifc  from  them  and 
the  principal  of  thefe  are  Orenoque^  ArrawaYu  Com' 
mniy  Cafpurougb^  or  Caffipure^  falling  into  the  At* 
hntkk^  Ocean^  Wiapoco^  the  River  of  the  Amazons, 
and  a  great  many  of  lefler  note  •,  and  in  this  Trad 
are  faid  to  be  Mountains  of  intire  Chryftal ;  Mines 
there  arc  of  Gold  and  Silver,  with  many  ftrange 
Plants,  Fruits,  and  Beads  5  as  alfo  Tobacco  and 
Sugar  Canes ,  and  at  Comolaha,  on  the  South  of 
Aremque,  they  hold  a  Fair  for  the  Sale  of  Women, 
only  where  ati  Englifh-man  left  by  Sir  Walter  Ka- 
liih,  reports  to  liave  bought  8  for  a  three  half- 
penny red  hafted  Knife,  the  eldeft  not  exceeding 
18  Yeit*:,  which  he  fays  without  making  any  Bar- 
glarys  upon  their  Virginities,  he  liberally  beftovved 

ia 


in  Marriage  on  fundry  of  the  Natives :  And  near 
this  place  is  the  mighty  Water-fall,  or  Catara^ 
of  the  River  Arenoque,  whofe  horrid  noife  makes 
the  Mountains  trem,ble,  which  may  well  fie  the 
Words  of  the  Poet,  w*;^. 


-^ 


CunlFa  mmmt  undls^  ^  multo  murmwe  Montis^ 
Spumeus  invt^is  albefcit  FluHibus  amm\ 

The  Noife  the  Mountains  fhakes,  who  roar 

for  fpite,  . 
To  fee  til'  Uavanquifh'd  Waves  clad  all  ih 
.  ^  -    .'  White*      ...    .  -      .  > 

In  an  other  part  of  this  Province  they  have  ^ 
firange  cuftom  with  their  Dead,  for  when  the 
Flefh  is  worn  off  the  Bones  by  Putrefaftion,  they 
hang  up  the  Skeleton  in  the  Cha^nbcr  or  Houfe 
where  the  party  died,  decking  the  Skull  with 
Feathers  of  divers  Colours,  and  hanging  Jewels 
and  Plates  of  Qold,  about  the  Arm  and  Thigh 
Bones.  As  for  the  Towns  of  note  m  this  Traft, 
they  are  Mano,  called  by  the  Spaniards  EP  Dorado^ 
from  the  abundance  of  Gold  and  Silver  Coinj  Ar- 
mour, and  Utenfils  found  there,  held  to  be  the 
largcfl  of  all  the  Country,  though  fome  queftion 
the  Truth  of  this  place  5  Car'tpo^  Gomeribo,  Tatipa- 
ranumey  Moreqmto^  Sr.  Thome^  and  Sz,  Jofeph^  with 
fome  others  of  lefler  note,  which  they  are  obliged 
to  build  upon  Hills,  Rocks,  or  the  like  advantageous 
Places,  forafmuch  as  the  Rivers  yearly  overflow  a 
great  part  of  the  Country,  obliging  the  Natives  to 
live  in  Trees  with  their  Families,  building  them 
Hutts  in  the  Branches  like  Birds  Nefts. 

F^il /i4,  another  confidcrable  Province,  lies 
on  the  Weft  of  Guiana^  divided  into  the  lefler 
Ccvmtrics  of  Cumana,  Vmzjicla^  Sc.  Margaha,  Cu* 


%1*'- 


.    C   212) 

*45«^5  and  fome  Ijlands-^  and  here  the  Nature  of 
the  Soil  and  People  are  diflferenc,  though  in  general 
the  Country  is  very  Pleafanc,  being  watered  with 
the  Rivers  ofRio-de'Cacioas^  RMe-l^everi^  Cumana 
de  Bardones^  and  others  of  Icffer  note,  and  has  for 
its  chief  Towns,  Maracapana  (once  a  Spaniflj  Gzr* 

*  Tifon  )  Venexuela,  New  Cadix^ ,  and  fome  others  j 

'^  2nd  in  this  Trad  the  Pearl  Fifhery  is  ufed,  thofe 
valuable  Commodities  being  gotten  by  Diving,  and 
they  bring  up  a  Fifhmuch  liKe  an  Oyfter,out  of  the 
Shells  of  which  they  take  the  Pearls,  fuppofed  to 
be  Ingendred  there  by  the  falling  of  Dews,  wiien 
the  Filh  opens  to  receive  the  Air  upon  the  Shoar: 
«id  though  the  People  in  the  Province  of  Cumana 
have  Plenty  of  Fruits  and  Cattle,  with  other  things 
whereby  to  fubfifl  even  to  Riot,  yet  they  rather 
chufe  to  feed  upon  Infeds  and  Vermin,  as  Batts, 
Spiders,  Horfe-leaches,  Worms,  ^c,  each  Man 
l)eing  allowed  as  many  Wives  as  he  can  maintain, 
though  they  never  have  the  Maidenheads  of  any  , 
proflitutitig  them  the  firft  Night  to  their  TiacoSy 
or  Priefts,  or  their  appointment^  who  for  fmall 
*  matters  turn  over  that  Drudgery  to  Strangers  i  nor 
do  they  at  any  :ime  think  their  Guefts  welcome, 

.  unlefe  they  will  do  the  Office  of  Men  to  their 
Wives,  Sifters,  ^c,  blackning  their  Teeth,  and 
Painting  their  Bodies  oC  diveffe  Colours  •,  in  this 
Traft  are  found  diverfe  Mines  of  Gold,  fome  of 
Silver,  and  other  Minerals  s  and  here  the  Spaniards 
met  with  many  diiafters,  as  well  the  Ecclefiafticks, 
as  Military,  being  frequently  cxpulfec  or  cut  off 
by  the  Salvages,    who  are  in  general  a  Stout  and 

V  Warlike  People  5  and  here  are  found  the  Capa^  a 
Beaft,  the  Soles  of  whofe  Feet  are  like  u  Shooe, 
and  a  Hog  of  monArous  fce,  with  Horns  like  a 
Goat,  living  altoigether  upon  Ants,  Pifmires,  Par- 
rots, and  Batts;  andcouid  I  have  added  to  this 
Bill  of  Fair,  Boohfelkrs  and  Frimrs,  the  World 


C   2fJ  ) 
might  have  taken  this  Monfter  for  a  meer  RoMrt 

Cattle  this  Country  affords  in  great  Quantities^ 
infomuch  that  Inftruded  by  the  Europeans^  they 
make  Butter  and  Cheefe  of  their  Milk,  in  fundry 
placeS}  which  the  Natives  take  as  the  Prince  of  Ra* 
rities.  And  thus  much  Reader  may  fuffice  for  the 
Empires,  Kingdoms,  Provinces,  and  5tates  of  the 
Univerfe)  relating  to  the  Continent  of  Europe,  Afia^ 
AfricUy  and  America^  from  which  we  proceed  (  for 
the  greater  Satisfaftion  of  the  Curious)  to  the  De* 
fcription  of  the  llbnds  fcattered  in  the  fcveral  Se:is, 
attributed  to  the  four  Parts  of  the  World  j  fmd  of 
thefeiti  their  Order.  \ 


Mtata 


A  Defcription  of  the  Iflands  of 
Europe  5  and  their  various 
Sc it  nations  in  their  fundry 
Seas^  &c. 


M 


•*  m     ]  I  ^1— ^P''*w»^w 


Great  Britain  Defer ibed. 

REAT  BRITAIN,  being  in  i  man- 
ner known  to  moft  that  Inhabit  it,  may 
occafion  fome  to  refletfl  upon  this  brief 
Defcription  as  fuperfluous^  however,* 
having  undertalcen  to  omit  nothing  material  in  this 
great  Undertaking,  vvhich  indeed  wanted  nothing 
but  the  permiflion  of  a  larger  Scope,  to  render  it 
more  Illuftricus,  we  will  not  be  wanting  to  give  a 

-  jIflQ, 


i 


il! 


modeft  Account  of  the  Princefs  of  Wands,  6r  Epi^ 
^ome  of  the  Univerfe,  being  properly,  and  not 
vvithout  juft  Rcafon  Oiled,  the  World  iVmrf^«rej 
and  in  this  cafe  we  mufl  divide  it  into  two  Parts, 
*«<•  Enghndy  Wales^  &c,  and  Scottandy  comprehend* 
ixig  the  Ocean  Iflands.  f       .    ;  ' 


•-  .> 


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ENGLAND  has  for  its  Eaftern  boundaird  the  (>er* 
w^n  (?cf  ^n  i  on  the  Weft  the  Irifh  Sea  *,  on  the 
South  the  Britifh  Ocean ;  and  on  the  Northi  part- 
ing it  from  Scotland^  the  River  Ttveed  and  Solways 
Invironed  as  to  the  whole  Ifland,  with  the  main 
Sea,  guard<?d  in  moft  parts  by  fuch  Rocks,  as  ren- 
der it  Irtaccefllble  from  Forreign  Invaders,  if  the 
Shoars  be  but  indifferently  Defended,  though  its 
Walls  confifts  in  its  many  more  Powerful  and  Im- 
pregtiable  Defendants,  than  thofe  of  Stone  5  which 
notwithftanding  it  had  not  always  to  defend  it,  as 
appears  by  its  becoming  a  Prey  to  the  Komanry 
its  being  harafled  by  the  Pi///,  Scots^  and  wild 
Irijhy  and  the  Subjedion  it  was  brought  under  by 
the  Saxons^  Danes ^  and  Normans  y  but  at  this  day 
the  often  Languifhing  Ifland  lifts  up  her  head  as  high 
as  the  talleftofthe  Daughters  of  the  Nations  upon 
Earth,  :^  ^     -^  \ 

Asfor  the  Soil,  improved  by  induftrious  hands,  it 
is  in  moft  parts  exceeding  Fruitful,  as  well  in  Grain 
as  Herbage,  Fruit  Trees»  Rich  Paftures,  &c.  as 
all  other  things  neceflary,  and  conducing  to  the 
fupport  of  Life  j  with  Mines  of  Iron,  Tin,  Lead,(2ir<^. 
but  exceeds  ;otIier  Nations  in  the  Woollen  Manu- 
faduie;  nor  is  making  of  Stuffs,  Silks,  and  other 
Curious  Arts  wanting  in  a  great  meafure,  but  more 

efpccially  the  TraflBck  abr<^d ,  where  for  our  Native 

^^^^ 


(11-, ) 

Commodities,   we  command  tlie  mofl   valaabie 
things  i?i  the  Univerfe. 

EkOLAKD  iR  particuIar,hoId5  from  $o  to  54  de- 
p/ees  of  Nonh  Lacuude  ;    the  Air    Pkaiunt    and  • 
Temperate,  by  viciditude  of  Heat  and  Cold,  as  alfo  ' 
the  varying  of  Night  and  Dayi  but  more  for  the 
wholefome  Laws,  good  Conftitution  of  the  Efia* 
bliflied  Government   and  Nature  of  the  People, 
whofc  Generofity  and  Valour  has  famed  them  in 
all  parts  of  the  known  World,  and  the  whole  di- 
vided into  39  Shires  or  Divifioni",  vjt:.  Middkfex^Ef- 
fex^  'kent^    Suffex,  Hampflme,  or  the  County   of 
Scutbampton^  Surry^    BucktnghamfJ.ire^    Bedford/hire^ 
Cambridifljire,  Che/hire^  Cornwall  Cumberland^  DaV' 
byflnre^  Ddrfetjlnre^  Durham^  Glocefterfhrn^    Hunting- 
tonffjircy  Lancafljire^Leiceflerfhirey  LincolnJhire^Ho  th^ 
amptonpjirCf   Notinghamfhire^    KutlandjlAre^    Shro^^ 
flnre^   Somerfet/hire^   Wiltflnre^   Warwicl^jhire^  Weft-^ 
morlandy  Yorkshire^    Norfolk^^  Northumberland^   Ox* 
ford/lircy  Staffordflnre^  Barl^hire^  Dev9nfljirey   Hart* 
ford/hire^    Suffoltij  and  l^orceflerftnyejferefordflme-j 
all  of  them  extreamly  replenifhed  with    Woods, 
Parks,  Rivers,  Cities^  and  Towns  of  Note,    info* 
much  ,     that  of  confiderable  Rivers    there   are 
found  3  $2,    and  on  them  847  Bridges  of  Note^ 
Cities  25,    Market  Towns    588,    Parifties  87^0^ 
Arch-Birfiopricks  2,  Bifhcpricks  23,   Forrefts  <5r. 
Parks  7$2,  Chaces  12,  and  had  before  the  grand 
unnatural  Rebellion,    luCaftles,  but  during  thac 
tedious  War,  many   of  them  were  demoliilied  ; 
the  whole  Countrey  confiding  of  pleafont  Valleys, 
moderately  rifnig  Hills,  flourifhing  Fields  and  Mc- 
dows,  that  it  may  fuffice  to  live  upon  its  own  plen- 
ty, without  the  help  or  afliftance  of  any  other  Na- 
tion, and  for  (lately  Buildings  and  many  other  Cu- 
riofities  too  many  to  be  contained  in  a  much  larger 
Volume,ifno  other  Countreys  were  fpokenof ;  We 
mud  wave  (hem,  feeing  we  are  at  home,  and  fuffer 

~~ the 


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i. 


(  ^\C  ) 

the  Eitpcricflcc  of  the  knowing  Reader  W  flipply  ch* 
omifTion. 

WALES  is  properly  a  part  oi England,  but  feeing 
it  is  gnerally  divided  jor  accounted  a  Principality, 
(fyc,  we  think  it  not  amift  to  fpcak  of  it  by  it  felf,a'/r. 
Thi^  Countrcy  is  from  Eaft  to  Weft  about  a  loo 
Miles,  and  from  North  to  South  1 20  5  and  in  it  are 
found  9^5  Parifhes,  5$  Market  Towns,  4  Biftiop- 
rickf,  67  Caftles,  230  Rivers,  99  Bridges  of  note, 
28  ^arks,  6  Forrefts,  and  1  Chafe,  and  is  divided 
into  the  Shires  of  Brtfc^wc)^,  Angle^ejij  Cardigan^ 
Carmaerthen^  Carnarvan^  Denbigb,  FUnt^  Radnor^ 
Glamorgan^  Mrionethy  Montgomery^  Vembnol^  and 
Monmmhy  containing  both  North  and  South  iValeSy 
ftrctching  irto  the  Sea  like  a  large  tromontory^ 
Fruitful  in  many  places,  whcrt  the  Mountains  raife 
not  their  Heads,  efpecially  the  Ifle  of  Angle  fey, which 
ofitfclf  is  held  fuflficicntto  feed  the  whole  Coun- 
trey,  for  its  ftore  of  Cattle  and  abundance  of  (porn } 
this  Countrey  yielding  fundry  Commodious  Har- 
bours and  Landing  Places,  commercing  at  once  with 
England  and  Ireland s  and  has  for  its  Chief  Towns, 
,  Radnor^  Carnarvan^,  Brecon^  St.  Davids^  Cardriff^ 
Carmaerthen  zn^Menmouth,  moft  of  them  very  pica* 
fantly  fcated,  and  of  confiderable  Trade  ;  the  Na- 
tives very  Induftrious  and  much  given  to  Labour  , 
Frugal,  and  for  the  moft  part  Thrifty  5  nor  may  we 
fpare  to  fum  up  thefe  two  Countreys,  fo  moftly  di* 
ftingttiflted  in  the  Epitome  of  tlie  Poet,  vi^^, 

jpor  Mount^nsy  Bridges^  Rivers^  Churches  fair  % 
'Women  and  {Voolif  they  both  are  pafi  compare. 

SCOTLAHD  is  the  next  confiderable  part  that 
compafts  the  Britifi  Empire  or  Kingdom  of  Gre^tt 
Britain^  feparated  from  it  only  by  the  Trveed  and 
Solway  y  and  the  Hills  extending  from  one  to  the 
x>ther,  and  is  held  to  be  ao6  Miles  in  Length,  tho  in 

Breadth 


ipplythfc 

ut  feeing 
ncipality, 
c  felfjiir. 
uc  a  1 00 
in  it  are 
,  Biftiop- 

of  note, 
\  divided 
Cardigan^ 
,  Radnor^ 
brooJ^  and 
;th  Walefy 
>montory^ 
ains  raife 
?fe>,which 
}le  Coun- 
of  (?orni 
ious  Har« 
Dnce  with 
ef  Towns, 
Cardriff^ 
very  plea* 
the  Na- 

Labour , 
>r  may  we 

moflly  di- 

ts  fair  9 
re. 

part  that 
n  of  Gre^t 
Tvpeed  and 
)nc  to  the 
gth,  tho  in 
Breadth 


(217) 

Btcaclth  not  proportionable,  being  infomc  parts  but 
60  from  Sea  to  Sea,  divided  properlv  into  two  parts 
by  the  River  74)',  vr^.  Soath  and  hforth,  the  for- 
mer Pivifion  being  both  Fruitfiri  and   Pop^ilouf, 
and  again  fub- divided  into  the  Counties  of  Merch^ 
TevktdaUy  Lor^jiftn,  Liddefdale,  Esl^edalCy  Arinmdaley 
Hiddefdaley  Qalkwayy  Camelry  KyUy   Cunningham^ 
Atraify  Cliddefdale^   Lennox^  Sterlings  Pife^  Strat* 
hernCy  Mentekhy  Argile^  Cantirfy  Lortty  all  com  pre* 
bended  in  South  Scotland  :  Loquabreay  Brnidalbm^  . 
Pertb^   Athohy  AngHS^  MernSy  Mary  Buq^bajiy  Mur* 
rejy  Roffiy  Southeriandy  Cathaneff^  and  Stratbavcrvy 
North  SiotloMdy  and  in  this  Kingdom  arc  found  Two 
ArcKbifliopricks,  ut^*  St.  Andrews  and  Glafcow:, 
undet  whom  are  Eleven  Su^ragan  Bifhops  9/  an4 
here  the  Chief  City  is  JB^cTiiw^,  a  City  printipaily 
compofcd  of  one  large  Street,    about  a  Mile  in 
lengoh,  of  very  good  Building  s  the  ref!  lefs  cbnii- 
derable,  tho  throughout  the  whole  Kingdom  ar^ 
many  fair  Cities,  Towrs,  and  Villages.  ,  ! 

The  Principal  Idands  lying  upon  the  c(^^  6t 
Great  Britain  and  Subjeft  to  it,  are  the  Iflands  of 
Wighty  Many  Anglefeyy  Jerfeyy  Gitsrnfeyy  the  Orcadef 
or  Ifles  of  Orkney  50  inNumberj  theChief  of  which 
zreFomaniay  Hethyy  tvAShe^thUndy  z\\  YtxyfrxxM- 
ful,abounding  with  Cattle  and  Corn:  The  Hebrides 
AG  in  number,  but  many  of  them  rather  Rocks  than 
inands,the  Chief  being  ////land/o/i^jthc  ancient  Bu- 
rying place  of  the  Scottifh  Kings  :  Miiliay  where 
the  A:<dfy3(><i«i^/ Inhabited,  once  fo  frightful  ro  the 
En^S^i1\si^  S'^lir^gs  containinjit  145  Iflands,  but 
none  of  note,  except  Armath^  Sanjhdy  and  Sciltyy 
after  chename  of  which  the  refl  are  called  for  the 
modpait;  fcnne  others  there  art  on  this  Coafl, 
but  fearcefywoFt4i^  noting,  as  yielding  little  Trade 
or  Commodity. 

IRELA^Uy  aKinj^domin  Siibjedion  to  Bi'^am 
by  right  of  Conqiid^,  lepame  from  Er^i^mlf 


If 


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;  by  a  tcmpcftuous  Sea,  of  about  a  days  Sail  ;  and 
is  as  all  other  Iflands  of  note,  fcituate  in  the  Ocean, 
or  invironed  with  Sea,  ^c.  containing  in  Length 
400,  and  in  Breadth  200  miles  j  and  efbecially  di- 
vided into  four  Provinces,  vi:(,  i .  Munjter^  divided 
again  into  the  Counties  of  Limrkl(^^  Kery^  Cor!^ 
Waterfordy  D^^fmondy   and  Holy  Crofs  in  Tipper ary^ 
2  Lemfler  again  divided  into  the  Counties  of  thcEaft 
and   Weft  Meiithsy  Kilk^nny^    Caterlonghy   Kings 
County,  Queens  County,  Kildare,   Weixfird,    Dublin, 
and  lVicJ^locl^',^.Connaught,  divided  into  the  Counties 
o(  Clare,  Tnumond,  G^lbway,    Map,   Slego    Letrim 
and  Rofcommon,^!Vlficr^6^mdi:d  into  the  Counties  of 
Tyrconnel^ox  Bunhal,   Tyrone  the  upper  and  nether, 
Fermanagh,  Cavan  or  Cravan,    Monaghan,  Colrane, 
Antrim,  Down,   Armagh  and  Lwgh,     And  of  this 
KingdomthechiefCityis  DwJ//ff,  moftJy  inlabited 
by  the  Englifh,   pleaiantly  feated  and  very  com- 
modious for  Trade,  which  renders  it  the  chief  Seat 
of  Juftfce,  and  a  BifhopsSec  y    befides  which  arc 
Wuterford,"  Tredagh,  LimrkJ^j,  Armagh,  and   others 
of  kifer  note.    The  Country  is  in  many  parts  very 
f  uicful   but  being  incuinbrcd  with  Hills  and  Bogg?, 
■4  great  deal  of  it  lies  wafte,    and  the  more  for  tlie 
iliiggiflinefs  of  the  "Natives,  who  agree  not  with  La- 
bour,  though  otherwife  Sharp  and  Crafty,  hardy 
t)f  Temper,  and  Living  upoti  (lender  Farej  howe- 
ver the  Rivers  abound  with  Fifh^  efpecially  Salmon, 
and  the  Hills  and  Valleys  with  Cattle ;  mfomuch 
that  a  Cow  01  a  Horfe  may  be  purchafed  at  about 
half  a  piece  of  our  Money  ;  and  one  thing  remark- 
able here  is,  that  no  poifonous  Creature  canilvc 
upon  this  Coaft,  and  of  fuch  force  is  even  the 
Wodd  brought  from  Ireland  into  England  und  0- 

Tther  Coufitrics,that  no  Spider  will  faftcn  a  Cob-web 

4>nit. 

The  IfleofO/<rn(j»,  is  fcituate  againft  the  French 

S^foy'inccof  XamoignC)  South  of  the  Iflc  of  M^i 


r.--f- 


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>ail  ;  and 
he  Ocean, 
in  Length 
ecially  di- 
r,  divided 

Tipper  ary , 
of  thcEaft 
ghy  Kings 
U    Dublin, 

Counties 
go    Letrim 
bounties  of 
d  nether, 
',  Colrane, 
id  of  rhis 
in!:abited 
''cry  coin- 
chief  5eat 
which  arc 
tid  others 
parts  very 
md  Boggc, 
)re  for  tlie 
:  with  La- 
ty,  hardy 
rej  howc- 
ly  Salmon, 
mfomuch 

at  about 
J  remark- 
r  can  Ave 
even  the 
7^  and  o- 
Gob-web 

le  Frmh 

of  Jihee, 

fa- 


famous  for  the  Maritime  Laws,  eftablidied  Iiere  by 
Richard  King  of  England  \  tho  for  nothing  more 
than  the  quantities  of  Salt  fent  heticc  into  Francet 
and  other  parts. 

RHEE  or  REE^  is  a  pleafant  IHand  about  id 
Englifl)  Mile>  in  length,  and  5  in  bredth,  and  has 
in  it  the  Towns  of  La  Butte,  de  Mont,  St,  John  de 
Mm^  St,  Hillary  and  St,  Martins,  famous  for  the 
defence,  the  Proceftants  made  here  againft  the 
power  of  France,  but  fatal  to  the  Englip  in  their 
attempt  to  refcuc  them. 

ALDERNTh  an  Ifland  diftant  about  6  miles 
from  Cape  Hagge  in  NormiUidyi,  very  Rockey  and  hard 
of  accefs,  and  not  eitceei^tig  .8  miles  in  compafs 
confifls  but  of  one  confiderable  Town,  called  from 
the  name  of  the  Haven  Lacrab  •,  it  not  containing 
above  100  Families,  nor  is  the  Ifland  of  any  confi-, 
derable  Trade. 

The  SJRK  is  an  Ifland  about  6  Miles  in  compafs 
not  much  difiant  from  the  former  j  and  is  {ubjc6t 
to  it,  being  of  little  Trade  or  Moment,  and  thefe 
being  all  of  note  in  the, Neighbouring  Seas  ^  v?^^  pro- 
ceed to  thofe  more  Northern  and  Remote,  which  are 
GROEK'LAKD  underthe  Frigid  Zone,  where 
the  Cold  is  fo  extream  tha:  it  is  fcarce  habitable, 
though  accounted  in  lengcji  600  miles  *,  yet  hav: 
ing  St.  Tfjomof,  znd  Alba  m^Jm  chief  Towns  fup- 
ported  moftly  by  the  FifH^i^rade. 

ISELAHD  an  extream 'ct^  Country,  extend^ 
ing  400  Miles,  .yet  >thinly  |SJ3^bited  ;  and  from 
this  Region  come  the  Shocl^J-tiqgs,  fo  much  m 
^fteem  j  and  here  coSl^ry:  to  other 
Countries,  .  the  Oxen  and  l|ijfe'  have  no  Horns*, 
the  Trade  to  it  being  moflIy;upon  tlK  accouRt 
of  the  Fiftiery,  and  that  for  Ling  i  few  Trees  ex* 
cept   Juniper  growing  in  the  Country. 

FREEZLASD  is  an  Ifland  reforted  to  by  the 
Englifl),  FlemingSy  Danes,  Scots,  and  Hanfmen,  upon 
$he  account  of  the  iFifhery.         L  ^  KO* 


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^'OVA'ZEMBLA  \tc%  cxrrcam  Norrh,  under  78 
Xegrecs,  fo  eold  that  iw  Human  C  rcaewpe  is  ca* 
"pablc  of  Inhabiting  of  ic  in  Winter,  unkfs  driven 
by  DiOrcfs,  or  Fatal  Neceflicyv  as  were  once  a- 
'bout  14  Dutch'tnetty  who-durtPg  thek  abode  therf, 
ilrugled  with  fo  many  Miferies,  as  arc  almoft  un- 
■citprcfliblc i  however  Bears  and  IToxcs  arc  founU 
here,  and  great  Aorc  of  Sea  Fo*'^,  tt^c. 
:  SIA  HVGH  mLLOVG^rt  Iflandy  rather  in- 
lamous  thanlamons,  as  having  its  Name  cttily  from 
that  Adventurous  Gentleman^  bein^  fouad  Frozen 
to  Death  in  Ihs  Shtp,  upon  the  Coaft* 

GAEEN'LA N^D^  doubtful  whether  Iflaod  or 
Continent,  noted  only  for  the  Whale  Fifbery,  ib'c. 
cthcrways  fo  extream  Cold,  as  not  to  be  Habitable 
after  tlie  Scafon,  unlefs  by  force*,  wlwch  Farefeve- 
^;rl  EngUp)  found,  by  overftaying  tlic  Ship,  t^  and 
were  forced  to  fubfm  on  the  Flcfh  of  Bears,  Foxes, 
and  Whale  Fretters,  in  a  little  Hutt  under  Ground, 
induring  a  lingring  Torment,  worfc  than  Death, 
*till  the  Ships  returned  •,  at  what  rime  fome  of 
^hem  ("rhough  uhtxpededly)  were  frand  alive« 

Having  thus  far  proceeded  briefly  to  theNorthern 
JIflandSjWe  now  prcceed  to  the  more  £idkm  lilands. 

TESEDOS  is  an  ifland  feated  itt  rwtm  Ettxhw, 
or  the  BlatH^SeOy  fo  called  from  the  dark  M^ifts  that 
arife,  where  it  charges  name  into  that  oftlie  Hdle' 
^fpWy  nctverybig,bvt  Fruitful,  and  pretty  ^vell  in- 
habired,  famed  for  nothipg  more  than  its  being  ta. 
•ken  upon  theGreei^j  Expedition  againftthe  Dro)ans» 

SAMOTHRACIA^  called  by  fome  ^/rmw,  from 
Sama  the  name  of  its  Chief  Town,  feated  in  tlie 
j^gean  Sea^  as  alfo  are  Lemnos^  Lpsbf^^  or  Mmekne, 
Cbiof^  or  Scioy  Eukda^  Scyror^  Salamis,  the  Sforaie:^ 
^iid  ^e  Cyclases,  or  the  Jflcs  of  the  Arthesy  mod  of 
them  in  the  hands  of  thc'jr«ri^/,and  of  no  confidera- 
h\c  note,  though  heretofore  divers  «f  them  were 
iodefcndant,  and  notable  Sarfsringlftinds,  famed 

4w 


under  78 
Unre  is  c:n 
kfs  driven 
?TC  once  a* 
)od€  ther<', 
almoft  un- 

are  founJ 

rather  in- 
ctoly  from 
fid  Frozen 

r  Ifland  or 

ftnrry,  i^c. 

Habitable 

Fate  feve^ 

irs,  Foxes, 
er  Ground, 
lan  Death, 
e  fome  of 
nd  alive. 
leNorthern 
tifti  lOands. 

M^ifls  that 
f  tlie  Hdle- 
tywell  in- 
s  being  tst* 
:he  7)re}ans» 
WW/,  from 
red  in  tlie 
If  Mittekney 
le  Sforaie:^ 
'ei,  moft  of 
>  ccnfidera- 
hem  were 
mIs;  famed 


(  221    ) 

for  many  Wo{idere,a»d  other  (Irangc  Matters  by  the- 
PoetSy  thotc  this  day  they  are  exceeding  Fruitful,, 
many  of  them  bearing  Lemons,c^anges,Datcs  Figgr,, 
Grapes,  Ohves,  Apricocks,  Mulberries,  iy^c.  af- 
fording a  great  number  of  Sillf- worms,  which  yield 
much  Silk  ^  the  Towns  which  are  generaJly  Havers 
or  Sea-ports,  are  pretty  numerous,  inhabited  mofl- 
Iv  by  the  Greel^Chr'tfi'ians^  Turks^  zndjewsj   and 
f  om  Lemms  is  that  Earth  brought,fo  much  in  ufe  for 
curing  Wounds,  flopping  Fl  jxe5,and  expelling  Poi- 
fons ;  and  indeed  all  thefe  Idands  (landing  like  Studs 
in  the  Sea,  arefo  well  refrefhed  and  tempered  by  a 
mild  and  healthy  Air>   tlut  for  their  Fruitfulnefs, 
they  maybe  termed  little  Para^^s  of  Delighc,moll 
of  chcm  having  Towns  or  Cities  of  the  fame  name 
for  their  MetropoHfes  or  Chiefs.  The  Sfarades^  tho 
under  onefeeming  denominat'or,^c  in  number  12;. 
andtheClikf  of  tlieie  are  Afi/s   Canaten^  znd  Af 
fine'y  and  the  Chief  of  the  CycUdes,  are  DehsavtA 
€W,  a5likcwifcF<l^ma.s  where  St. /(i/^/i  wa>  banifJi* 
ed  and  wrote  his  Revelation  :   Giarras  and  fame 
ftw  others  of  Heck  Bote,  lying  fame  in  Greecey   and 
fome  in  Afia ;  fo  accottnted,as  lying  farther  or  i!e  irer 
the  (hoar  of  cither  Countrey  ^   efpecially  in  t  lis 
caie  it  cannot  be  diAingaifhed  to  which  of  the  n 
properly  the  Ifland  belongs,  efpecially  if  it  be  free 
from  the  Ji\*isdidion  of  any  Monarch  reigning  upon^ 
the  Continent. 

ji  DifcrifttQn  of  the  Ifle  of  Crcctj  and 
other  Iflancls. 

THc  Iflc  of  Creet  was  very  famous  in  former 
times,  for  being  Miftrefsof  thofeSeas»  nor  lefs 
for  hsFruitfolnefs,  and  commodious  Scituation  for 
Trtffick,  as  being  pofited  between  tht  Ionian,  Li- 
byquey  JSgeaiiy  and  CdrpatJjian  SeaSj  and  is  now 
better  known  by  the  name  of  Candiay  taken  at  feve- 
ral  timet  by  the  TuKh  from  the  Venetians'^  and  is  ia 


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(      11^      ) 

<^irciiic about  6^0  MileSjafooundihg  with  Oyl,  Wine, 
Corn,  Cattle,  and  many  ochcr  things  of  value, 
which  made  tlie  Turks  contend  with  the  lofs  of 
much  Blood,  to  poffefs  themfelves  of  the  whole, 
when  they  had  found  thefweetnefs  of  a  part  of  it; 
Asforrtills,  Mountains,  and  Rivers  of  note,  this 
Jiland  affords  not  many,  but  has  for  its  Chief  Cities 
Rhetimo^  Candia^  and  Cansa^  or  Nert^  Candy^  built 
by  the  Turl(s  to  fecwrc  their  firft  poflefHon  in  the 
iHand  ;  and  in  this  plenteous  Countrey  Titus  was 
Bifliop  ;  As  for  the  other  Iflands  lying  about  it 
there  are  only  Claudia  and  Egelia  ,  very  Fruitful 
by  reafon  of  their  fcituation,  but  not  confidcrable 
by  reafonof  theirfmallncfs. 

The  Iflands  in  the  Ionian  ^^defmhcd^  &c, 

THc  Iflands  in  this  Sea  are  chiefly  thefe 
CTTHEK A  commow\y  called  Serigo^  held 
Sacred  by  the  Poets  xoVenus^  who  took  her  other 
name  from  hence,  lying  about  $  Miles  from  Cafe 
Mello  in  Peloponnefw  j  andalthoit  is  Hot  above  60 
Miles  inCompafs,  yet  it  yields  fuch  ftore  of  Fruits, 
Corn,  and  other  Commodities  of  value,  that  it  is 
crteemed  the  Jewel  of  this  Sea,  and  was  formerly 
cal^Ied  Porphyrus  from  the  abundance  of  that  fore  of 
Stone  digged  out  of  its  Mountains;  and  has  for  its 
thiefTownC^/)/4/o,  fcituateonafmall  Haven,  tho 
not  fo  much  frequented,  by  reafon  of  its  rballow.. 
ncf*. 

The  StrophadesiYcz  brace  of  Iflands,  where  V- 
lijfes  and  x'Ene^  are  faid  to  find  the  Harpy^s,  and  in- 
deed fit  far  fach  kind  of  Creatures  only,  by  reafon 
oftheirRockine(s,which  renders  them  f«  barren,that 
ottlyafcw  ^refi^smdfomeothersfoutofa  defire  to 
txcrcif^  their  Religion  without  molcftationj  pc" 
fefs  them. 

.   ZASTy  an  Tfland  of  tlie  Vtnetians^  not  exceed- 
ip.g  60  N^iles  in  Circumference,  isyetfe  abundant- 


1,  Wine, 
of  value, 
lofs  of 
e  whole, 
irt  ofit; 
te,  this 
ef  Citit?s 
^,  hpilc 
n  in  the 
"itta  was 
about  it 
Fruitful 
fidcrable 


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JiOy  held 
ler  other 
rom  Cafe 
ibove  do 
of  Fruits, 
hat  it  is 
formerly 
It  fort  of 
as  for  its 
vet),  the 
Shallow.. 

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,  and  in- 
•y  reafon 
rren,that 
iefire  to 
mj  pof 

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( "; ) 

ly  Fi-uitful,  that  it  almofl  exceeds  the  credit  of  Re- 
port, producing  the  Grocery  fort  of  Currants,  for 
which  it  if  famed  above  all  other  Places;,  alfo 
Pomegranates,  Citrons,  Oranges,  Lemons,  Olives, 
Granadircs,  Grapes,  that  make  flrong  Wine,  both 
white  and  red,  and  has  for  the  Defence  of  its  Ha- 
ven a  (Irong  City  and  Caftle,  Inhabited  by  Greekj 
and  Venetians^  yet  has  the  Mi^forcuiie  to  be  fuhject 
to  Earth-quakes,  thougli  not  extraordinary  j  aud 
iftdeed  the  Country  is  no:  fo  Fruitful,  but  the  a>a- 
jor  part  of  the  Inhabitants  are  as  wicked,  not  m.tk- 
ing  it  a  fcruple  ro  Murrher  any,  againft  whom  they, 
have  conceived  a  Grudge. 

Tlie  Ecbtntidfs  are  five  fmall  Ijlnnds^  fuppofed  to 
be  made  by  the  Seas  calling  up  Sand  Banks^  and. 
the  Mud  that  comes  out  of  the  River  Acheloii^y  ac-  - 
cording  to  Poets  fpcaking  in  the  Name  of  thac 
River,  xi^      ',  '.--  .]     ^     ,'   '        ^      ^ 

^''''%\':±  FIh^hs.  N^riqy  Marify)  Sec.  <,7'\Z;^ 

The  Fury  of  the  Sea  Waves,  and  my  own,     •  . 
Continual  heaps  of  Earth  and  Mud  drew  do  vj,. 
Which  parted  bv  the  Inter-running  St;  js. 
Made  as  thou  fccil  tlie  five  Echinadcs,  ;  - . 

A:id  indeed  ihey  arc  rather  Rocks,  or  'larcknel, 
Earth,  t]:an  an.y  IjltrJ  of  note  and  (o  \vc  leave. 

cl!em'. 

CEPf/ALGNiA  is  in  Circumfererxe  about  fv>. 
Miles  and  contrary  to  tl^e  E.:hhudef,  very  Iruirfu', 
as  j.v'ldii^R  t-iggs,  Olives,  Rarns,  Currants,  Mony, 
Sweet  Water,  Mulbcrric?,  Fine,  Date,  Malvaii, 
Murcadel,  Vino  Leatic?,  Wool),  Chcefe,  Turkeys 
Druas,  and  Dyes,  befKieS  Cattle,  Com,  rnd  Rica 
Paflures;  and  has  for  its  chief  Toahs,  held  under 
tlic  yenctUns,  Gui^:ml9,^ofo,  and  Aripjkli,   In- 

^4 


1 


I 

'1!?, 


ftabitedby  Greeks  znd  Venetians 'y  the  people  Civil, 
and  very  honeft  Dealers. 

C  ORF  Vis  another  Ifland  in  the  Ionian  Sea^  44 
Miles  in  Length,  and  24  in  Breadth ;  taking  itsname 
from  the  City  of  Cor/«,  featedat  the  foot  of  a  large 
Mountain,  on  which  to  flrengthen  it,  tho  ftrongin 
it  felf,  arc  two  Fortrefles,  but  chiefly  put  of  the  na- 
tural Rock  y  and  tho  the  Southern  part  of  this  I- 
fiand  be  mountainous  and  fubje^  to  hoe  Elafls,  yet 
the  whole  in  general  produces  Corn,  Oranges,  Le- 
mons, Pomegranets,  Fig  Trees,  Olives,  Wax,  Ho- 
ney, fome  Drugs,  and  many  other  pleafant  Fruits, 
iho  ic  has  not  in  it  apy  Rivers  of  note. 

ITHACA  is  a  fmall  Ifland  giving  a  name  to  VlyffeSy 
who  Sorn  there,  tho  now  it  has  loft  hs  own 
name,  u.A  is  called  Val  de  Compare  j  in  compafs  not 
above  56  Miles,  and  of  little  note,  \xxA<e&  for  the 
deception  ofPyrats  that  haunt  d^is  Sea. 

Sz^MAVKO^  formerly  called  Xexc4i/f4,  is  a  fmall 
Ifland  inhabited  moftly  by  IftvfSy  formerly  the  Vene* 
mns^hxxi  taken  from  them  by  the  Turkfy  and  althoac 
prefent  it  is  not  much  fet  by,  yet  formerly  was  it  of 
iuchefteem,  that  the  Inhabitants  cut  anifthmus  of 
Two  Miles  breadth ,  that  joyned  it  to  the  Continent, 
and  was  famoHS  for  the  Temple  of  Apollo  feated  in 
It  j  from  the  top  of  which,  thofe  that  leaped  into  the 
Sea  were  held  to  be  cared  of  extravagant  Lore ;  bet- 
ter believed  than  experienced. 

Of  the  Adriatick  Sea^Wri&elflandsrA^re/f;. 

TIfc  Adriatic  {Sea  is  that  at  the  bottom  of  which 
the  City  of  ^^enice  is  feated,  it  being  accounted 
700  Miles  in  Length,  and  104  in  Breadth,  and  has 
in  it  thefe  Iflcs,  vix* 

MESIXAy  an  Ifland  about  i  $0  Miles  in  Circumfe- 
i;cnce,  yielding  CQnfi4of able  Plenty,  and  ba^  pnfy 


plcCivil, 

n  Sea^  44 
icsname 
>f  a  large 
ftrong  in 
)fthcna- 
)f  this  I- 
lafts,  yet 
gcs,  Le. 
V^ax,  Ho- 
t  Fruits, 


oVlyffes, 

Its  own 

»pafsnoc 

for  the 

isafmall 
the  Vene^ 
ialthoac 
was  it  of 
thmus  of 
mtinent, 
'catcd  in 
into  the 
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f  which 
:ounted 
md  has 

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IS,  Cfo/y 


a  ftrong  Fortrcfs  for  its  Defence,  the  Towns  beihgf 
moftly  unvvallcd,  and  but  indiflfercntfy  ftored  with 
Noufes  or  Iflhabitants. 

LISSA  or  Clijfayh  another  of  the  Adriaticl^^  Iflands 
2Q  Miles  over,  and  ^o  in  Circumference,  very 
FruitfuF,  and  in  Subje^ion  to  the  Venetianf^  who 
only  def^dthe  Sea  Ports,  and  by  tliat  means  hold 
tiTeft  in  Subje<JHon. 

CVKlQLA  a  place  not  exceeding  60  Miles  in 
Circumference,  yet  of  great  moment  to  the  Ke/ierf- 
ans  in  rendring  them  Wood  fufficient  to  build  their 
Ships  and  Galleys  5  having  the  Chiei'  Town  of  the 
fame  name  with  the  Ifland,  defended  by  Two  ftrong 
FortrelTes,  Commanded  by  a  Governour,  revoked 
cr  changed  yearly  jasKl  altho  the  Ifland  ic  felf  affords 
no  extraordinary  Merchandife,  yet  it  lies  Commo- 
dious for  Ships  Trading  in  thofe  parts. 

The  Mediterrahean  Sea  Confidtred,  uge^ 

ther  with  the  Iflands  threm. 

^Ht  A§sdueraneanSed  is  ib  calledfrom  its  Midkir.4 
Scituation,as  being  enrironcd  with  the  £arth» 
(grc.  and  in  it  are  found  thele  Iflands  of  Note,  vix* 

SICILTf  about  700  Miles  in  Circumference,  fem» 
ed  throughout  the  World  for  its  Fertility  pvrodu* 
cin|  Oyl,  Corn,  Wine,  Rice^  Sugar,  Alioms,SaIrS) 
Fruits,MMtals,CorraI*,  and  of  Cattleiiach  abundance, 
that  it  feeds  not  only  it  felf  but  a  great  part  of  Irafy 
and  other  Neighbouring  Countries.,  and  was  ac- 
counted the  Granary  of  ancient  Aome^  nor  can  the 
New  well  fubfifl  without  its  fupplies:  And  here  is 
found  the  FtMmlng  Mount  ^^Jtna^  which  frequently 
has  fuch  horrible  Eruptions,  that  it  not  only  fenc^ 
Stoiies  md  Cinders  with  Fire  into  the  Air  an  in- 
credible height,  which  fcatter  over  many  parts  of 
the  Countrey,  but  to  the  great  Misfortune  of  the 
Inhabitants,  aitd  many  times  to  the  overthrow  of 
Towtis«Qd  Cides^  emitteth  ftreams  of  Liquid  Fire 
.  t  J  or 


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C  226 ) 

or  inciter!  Minerals,  wliich  have  been  known  to  nm 
in  a  Fiery  Torrent  a  mile  into  the  Sea,  before  the 
Waves  could  extinguifh  them;  and  here  the  Chief 
Cities  arc  Mefina  and  Syracufe  \  and  the  whole  Coun- 
irey  at  prefent  h  under  the  King  of  Spain^  tho 
formerly  it  was  an  entire  Kingdom  Governed  by  a 
King  of  its  own  i  tlie  Kings  of  Sicily^  lately  ftiling 
themfelves  Kings  o(  Jcriifaiem  *,  and  the  people  are 
much  of  the  nature  of  thofe  in  Italyfxom  which  the 
Illand  is  divided  by  a  firall  Arm  of  the  Sea  only. 

MALTA,  anciently  Melita^  the  Landing  Place  of 
St.  i'/iw/ in  his  way  to  Rome^  when  th^  Viper  clave 
to  his  hand,  and  he  (hook  it  into  the  Fire,  is  a  fair 
Ifland,  tho  butlicdeinCompafs,  yielding  (lore  of 
Oranges,  Lemons,  Fig^?,  Citrons,  Cottoons^  Fom- 
granacs.  and  many  other  delicious  Fruits ;  but  is 
fo  unhappy  to  be  moflly  deficient  in  Wine  aad 
Corn,  by  which  it  isfupplied  firm  Sicily  and  other 
parts',hovvever  it  is  one  of  th.c  Chief  Sea  Fortrefles  or 
Bulwarks  of  Chrirtendomagainft  the  Turks,  Com- 
manded by  ^1  Order -of  Kniglits,  called  the  Knig^|§ 
tiSt.fohn  6(  Jerufalemy  x\\Q  vulgarly  termed  or 
iiamea  the  Knights  of  Afrt/^rfj  the  whole  Territory 
being  i  o  Leagues  in  Length  and  4  in  Breadth,  yec 
contains  60  Villages,  and  4  principal  Cides  ^  the 
Chief  Valet ^  a  ftrong  atjd  well  Fortified  City,v\ here- 
in the  great  Mafter  of  the  Order  has  his  Palace  >  and 
theiinights  their  Chambers ;  as  alfo  a  Tpwer  from 
whence  a  Profped  may  be  taken  of  the  whole  Jflaj-.d. 

CORSICA^  Scituate  over  againrt  Gemay  being 
525  Miles  in  Circumference,  and  of  a  very  Fruitful 
Produd,  yielding  Corn,  Wine,  Figgs,  Raifins  and 
Hony,  and  has  in  it  Iron  Mines,  Mines  of  Allom, 
and  other  Minerals,  aadhas  for  its  chief  Cities,  B^- 
fiia,  Cpleafaritly  feated  on  the  North  Eaflpartof 
the  IjUndy  on  a.Gommociiou6.tiaven3  Mam^  Galic- 
Y0,  s^t.  Florence^  Sx*^Bomfacer^M\\^  fome  otliers  of 
klTcr  note,  and  is  under  the  Government  of  O^noa^^ 

and 


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tonm 
*e  the 

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lace  of 

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but  is 
ne  aad 

other 
'c(ks  or 

Com- 
FC|iigf|§ 
lacd  or 
i^rritory 
h,  yet 
?s  j  the 
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and  affords  a  Bead,  rarely  found  but  in  this  Iflantf^ 
called  Mufol't^  with  a  Skin  like  a  Deer,  buc  harder 
by  many  Degrees,  and  Horns  like  a  Ram  j  and  here 
are  bred  an  Excellent  Race  of  ^ood  Hones,  and  is 
an  IjUndmyxch  noceVi  for  its  good  Havens,  upon  the 
Account  of  the  Reception  for  Shipping,  Trading  ia 
the  Mediterranean.  ^  *»'■,> 

SAKDLSJIA  is  another  Ifland  of  this  Trad,  not 
above  7  Miles  diftant  from  the  formt  r,  though  much 
larger,  as  not  held  to  be  Icfs  than  56^  Miles  in 
compafs,  abounding  with  Corn  and  Fruit,  as  being 
but  litrle  troubled  with  Hills  j  and  though  the  Soil 
is  Rich,  yen  no  Poifonpus  nor  Offenfive  thing  is 
found  in  t!ie  I/land,  having  for  its  principal  Cities 
CoHari^^  (well  Inhabited  and  Fortified,  feated  upon 
a  good  Haven,  being  an  Arch  Bifhops  See)  Repa- 
rafa^  BoJJa^  and  Aquilaftra^  and  in  the  whole  Ijland 
are  two  other  Arch-Bilhops,  and  1 5  Suffragan  Bi  • 
fhops  5  the  people  throughout  this  Ijland  demean- 
ing themfclves  courteous  «).§tra9gerf,  and  are  vi?ry 
jurt  in  riieir  dealings*  vrf !  ^.--riv-r-  *4  •'-'*■  •;  ?  ^H 
.  The  Baleares  are  fimdry  lilan^s  found  in  this  Sea, 
and  the  greateft  of  thefe  are  Majorca  and  Minorca,    f 

MAJORCA  is  an  Ifiand  about  500  Miks  in  Cir- 
cumference, lying  about  <5o  Miles  from  theCoafl  of 
Spain^  all  the  Borders  of  it  being  Mountainous,  and 
for  the  moft  part  Barren,  but  the  Inland  Countrey^ 
Fruitful,  bearing  Corn,  Olives,  Grapes,  Fruits  of, 
fundry  Kinds,  and  has  in  it  the  City  of  3/ujorc^r,  a^ 
Univerfit}*,  and  thatof  f^/w^.  ....»• 

MIHOKCA  is  about  9  miles  difbntfrom  the  for^ 
rner,  and  1 50  miles  in  Circumference,  having  fo|^ 
its  Principal  Cities  or  Towns,  Minoixa^  and  Juv(in\ 
and  is  a  Flouriftiing  Illand,  efpecially  the  Inland 
Parts,  both  of  them  under  the  King  of  Spain ;  near 
to  thefe  are  two  other  fmall  Iflands,  li^.  £3n/rf, 
and  Olihufa^  confiderably  Fertile,  but  not  large, 
welj  luhabiced  ,  or  of  any  confiderable  Trade, 
•    ,     *  :  '  theic 


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C  ^23  ) 

'  there  are  morcortft  thclcifcrlflands  difpcrfed  abroad 
as  the  Vulcanian  or  ^lutn  IjJands^  on  the  SkUiam 
Shoar;  the  principal  of  which  k  Upr/t^  not  ex- 
^ceeding  lo  miles  in  CJrcumference,  and  arc  both 
properly  called  tlic  LipAYcan  Iflands^  and  a'^ound 
with  Sulphur,  Allom,  Bitumen,  hot  Kaths,  and 
fome  Fruits,  though  not  much,  as  being  very 
Rockey  and  Mountainous,  yet  Inh^ited  by  fome 
Spaniards. 

yVLC  ANIA^  formerly  held  to  be  die  Forge 
of  Vulcan^  where  Ik?  made  Thunder-bolts  for  Jup'u 
ter^  by  reafon  it  caft  out  Fire  in  three  rifmg  Hills, 
like  the  Funneh  of  Chimneys,  cafting  up  Stones, 
smd  horribly  Roaring  like  a  Smiths  Forge. 

STROMBOLO'nvtnothcx MHan  Iflnrd^ov  rather 
a  Burning  Mountain  in  the  Sea ,  carrying  its  Flames 
and  Fire  fb  bright,  that  it  appears  Itke  a  Beacon, 
and  may  be  fcen  inthe  dark  tor  many  Leagues*)  held 
bv  fome  who  know  no  better,  to  be  the  mouth  of 
»tn  ^  tvhcn  indeed  tltts  aiid  all  other  Burn'mg 
Mountains  are  occaiionedby  chefiriiig  df  Minerals, 
or  the  unduoits  QuaKty  of  the  Earth  \  thro  the  ve* 
hementAgitstionofHeac  and  Cold,  ffarugling  for 
mafteryiit  the  TacantCarems,  fyc. 

There  are  in  this  Traft  £8  Ifkmds^  called  the 
Ifles  ciHapks^  but  only  Ific/ty  and  Capra^  and  u£^ 
ii^4are  of  any  moment,  and  thefe  fo  fmall,  that 
they  render  Httle  Trade  ;  There  are  others  called 
the  tiiwun  IJIands^  viz.  Elba  and  GallinarM  and 
Ibme  others,  rather  Rocks  than  Idands  -j  wherefore 
we  pafs  them  over  as  unworthy  a  place  in  this  Book> 
and  thus  much  to  thefe  Iflands^ 

The0ri«ir4//j(/<mrf/arethofeofthe£4/!erii  Sedf^ 
and  to  diefe  by  manv  (tho  fomewhat  improperly) 
are  reckoned  Rhotfes  and  Cyfrut^  Two  famous 
Iflands  in  the  MtAterrtoiean^  exceedingly  abounding 
In  all  manner  of  Plenty,  and  have  for  their  Chief 
Cities  Famainfta  and  Modes,  both  Fameus  for  their 

Strength 


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Stones, 

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Strcwgjth,  and  the  Sieges  they  fcftained  agalnfl  the 
whole  Power  of  the  Tmks.  .  . 

OKMVSy  lying  upon  tlie  JF.thioj)ian  Coafl^    and 
a  place  much  frequeuted,  fpoken  of  before. 

ZELONj  a  Famous  Ifland  for  Plenty,    lying  not 
&r  from  the  Indian  Coafl  called  Cape  Comerem. 

MQLOCCOES,  Six  Iflands  in  Chief,  but  have 
many  other  fubjcft  to  them,  'lAxj,  Tidar^  Tarnarcy 
JUactr^  RiubiiUii  Machm-,  arid  Bottwe^  the  aniyl- 
flands,  fruitfully  abounding  with  Cloves,  Nutmegs, 
Ginger,  Cinamon,  Aloes,  and  Pepper,  for  wliich 
they  are  much  Traded  to  by  the^  Bttropcanr. 
^  AMBQTKA  is  anlllandFruitful  inLcmons,0range5, 
Cloves,  Cocoa^s,  Bonanus  Sugar  Canes,  and  other 
valuable  Commodities  -,  and  here  it  was  the  Dutch 
executed  their  Inhumane  Cruelties  on  the  EngliJJ;^ 
and  iscall&i  one  of  the  Iflands  ofSkda  or  SelebtSj 
the  other  Three  hein|  the  Seletes^  MMgaffoTy  and 
Gi/0/9,  confiderably  Rich  and  Fletni&ily  but  Inha- 
bited partly  by  CanibaUy  and  partly  by  a  rude  fort 
of  people,  little  inferiour  to  them  ;  and  next  to 
tHicCc  is  Banta  or  Banda^  abounding  with  Nut- 
megs. ' 

JAVA  MAJOR  and  Mmty  are  Two  extraorditia* 
ry  Iflattds  abounding  with  Spices,  Rice,  and  Cod» 
ton.,and  all  other  thkigsncceCCiry  for  die  fub^ance 
of  Life,  Governed  by  maHy  Kings,  which  are  m 
continual  War  witheach  other ;  mdin  thb  Tra^ 
zit^iU  and  Madara^  sochm,  Bwnm, 

SVMATR.A,  is  a  very  pleafant  Iflaad  of  Jta^ /«* 
dia,  as  indeed  are  raoft  of  tlieOwenfti//jftmi6  nam- 
ed, 700  Wiles  in  Lengths  and  20oinBreadtfejaBd 
to  thefe  of  this  Traft  we  may  add  the  Phibfttne  /- 
flands^  many  in  number,  but  mod  of  cheni  fmai] 
fpotior  fpc^ks  in  the  Sea  5  and  the  Chief  of  thefe 
Iflands, being  in  thepoflclUonofthe  Spanhards^^t 
MinbanaOy  Luffon,  Tandam  and  PoUehan,  abound* 
«g.with  Fruit;  Catcle>  pkafant Wyer$,FowIs,  &c. 

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H^fe  are  alfo  the  two. Iflands  of  Avirji^  lying  Weft" 
ward  of  Sumatra,    ,      ' '     ^  s..-- 

The  IJlands  of  Africa  Defer ihed.  ;; '  • 

MADAGASCAR^  a  large  Ifland  of  looo  Miles 
in  Length,  and  230  Miles  over,  Inhabited 
by  Negroes,  where  either  Sex  go  Naked,  and  con- 
feguently  there  is  no  Imploymenc  for  Taylors  \  yet 
^vilh  the  Natives  the  Europeans  Trade,  tho  moftiy 
for  Slaves,  Copper,  Gold,  Silver,  &^c.  and  in  this 
Trad  are  found  the  Iflands  of  Chameree^  Afeottey^ 
Mohelia^  MaurhiuSy  Johanan^  an  a  Woody  liland, 
called  Englands  Forreft,  but  of  no  Trade,  though 
confiderably  Fruitful. 

\^'Socotoray  is  an  Ifland  lying  at  the  Mouth  of  the 
Red  Sea,  io  miles  in  length,  and  64  in  breadth, 
a'lounding  with  Gums,  AHoes,  Spices,  fy-c^  Here 
are  alfo  the  Ifland  of  St.Thomas^  the  Princes  Ifland, 
and  the  Gorgades,  in  number  p,  vit^.  St.  Vincent^  St* 
Anthony^  St.  Lucius'y  Buenavifita^  Jpfula^  Salk^  Del 
FogOy  St.  Nicholas^  St.  jAmes^  and  St.  Ma]o, 

The  Canary  Iflands  are  in  number  7,  i7*<.  The 
Grand  Canary ,  La  Paima^  Tenmjfa^  Lancer ota^,  Hk» 
prroy  Forte  Ventura^  and  La  Gomera  ^  all  of  them 
very  plentiful,  abounding  with  Fruits,  Cattle,  (fy'c. 
But  above  all,thc  Canary s  yield  us  the  Wine,taking 
its  name  from  the  Country ',  and  in  one  of  them 
is  found  the  Mount  teneriffy  much  tranfoending 
the  Clouds,  as  being  i  $  miles  in  afcent. 
.  M^era  is  a  famous  Ifland,  firft  difcovered  by 
»iEn|lifhShip,  caflaway  upon  the  Coafl,  nowa- 
boundmg  vmh  Corn,  Wine,  Honey,  Sugar  Canes, 
imd  Mackler,  uled  in  Dying :  and  upon  the  Coafl 
is  HolyPort^  an  Ifland,  though  but  1 5  mile^  in  com* 
pilfs,  very  fruitful an4pleafant,  .>  . 


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The  Azores  are  9  in  number,  kjIt^,  Tercera^  the 
principal,  St.  Michael^  St.  Ocorge^  St.  Mary^  Fyalf^ 
Granofa^  Pico  ,  Corno,  and  F lores y  not  being  very 
Fruitful,  except  the  firfl, 

Hefpertdes^  or  the  Nefperim  Inlands,  arc  3  in  num- 
ber, fi^.  Buantfta^  Mayoy  and  S^/,  lying  about  an 
100  miles  from  the  Continent  of  Jfrk\y  being  in 
themfelves  not  only  Fruitful,  but  exceeding  plea- 
fant,  by  reafon  of  the  temperate  Air,  which  oc- 
cafioned  the  Poetical  Fidions,  of  their  being  the 
Elixtum  Fields,  or  aboad  of  happy  Souls  ifter  their 
departure. 

.:>-';   The  Amcricm  TJIanJs  J  d^c.      .'?  ;; 

JAMA  IC  i4,  now  an  Englifh  Colony,  lately  taken 
'from the  Spaniards,isi7o miles  in  length, and  70 
in  breadth,  very  pleafant  and  temperate,  confider- 
ably  Fruitful,  abounding  with  Oranges,  Lemons, 
Cocoa  Nuts,Pomgranates,  and  other  curious  Fruits,- 
alx)uflding  with  Cattle  as  EngUnd^  the  Trees  al- 
waies Green,  ^c. 

BAKbADOES,  an  other  Englifh  Colony,  is 
very  w^ll  inhabited,  yielding  flore  of  Sugar,  Cat- 
tle, Corn,  (&c.  though  not  exceeding  14  or  15 
miles  in  length. 

B  ERMVDE  5,  called  the  Summer  iflands, 
are  very  pleafant,  abounding  with  Oranges,  Sugar, 
and  other  Commbdities,  breeding  in  rheir  Mulberry 
Trees,  great  ftore  of  Silk-worras,  which  return  to. 
confiderable  account. 

ST.  CHRISTOFHEKS  is  a  fmall  Ifland,  yec 
produces  ftore  of  Tobacco,  Cotton,  Ginger,  full  of 
Woods  and  fteep  Mountains,  and  is  pelfeifed  by 
the  EngliQi  and  French.  ,-.... 

KEVISy   about  18  miles  in  circumference,   is 

a  Colony  of  the  Englifh,   and  produces  Cotton, 

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mu^h  in  breadth,  with  very  rocky  SJioars,  unfafc 
for  Shipping,  yet  abounding  in  Fruit,  Fifli,  Venifon, 
Tobacco,  Indico,  Sugar,  ^f.  ,    . 

HI^FAHIOLAy   350  Leagues  in  Circumfe- 
rence very  Fruitful,  as  are  all  the  lilande  in  this 
Tra«5l,  ur^.  Cttbdy  Laba^  Balimay  Lucayoneque^  Abacoo^ 
Bimny^  Labaqnene^  Viemoy  Cu^ateo^  Gotmy  OqitaatOy 
SamanAy  St.  Salvador^    Ia  Trianffdof  Sr.  Vincenf^ 
Dominica^  An^iiay  and  fomc  others,  fcaroely  taken 
notice  of  by  Hiftoriaas,  as  for  the  moft  part  not  in* 
habited,  yet  vifited  frequently  by  the  Neighbou* 
ring  Idanders,  upon  the  account  of  the  wi'dGattle 
and  Fruits  found  in  them  ^  and  for  the  conveniency 
of  the  Fifhing  Trade.    And  upon  thefe  Coafls  of 
Atn:rka,  uc  lately  fctled  mo  Cobnies  of  Etiii^ 
in  Fen^hoffia  and  Carolmtty  vwry  profperous  and 
thriving :  But  noc  having  mitfc  jrooni  for  a  fonher 
Peicription,\vemuf(,  after  hamgthusfar  |yrocec<U 
edjPuta  period  to  this  our  Hiflory  of  cbcUntvrfe. 
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